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African forests prove valuable carbon sink
Ecoearth.info Blog —
... of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The research also highlights the need to protect African forests, write the authors. "With adequate protection these forests are likely to remain large carbon stores in the longer term. Securing this service will probably require formalising and enforcing land rights for forest dwellers, alongside payments for ecosystem services to those living near forested areas." Link to News and Views article in Nature Link to full paper in Nature
African forests prove valuable carbon sink
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... of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The research also highlights the need to protect African forests, write the authors. "With adequate protection these forests are likely to remain large carbon stores in the longer term. Securing this service will probably require formalising and enforcing land rights for forest dwellers, alongside payments for ecosystem services to those living near forested areas." Link to News and Views article in Nature Link to full paper in Nature
Rising C02 Levels Alter Plant Growth World Wide: Human & Ecological Impacts May Be Significant
TreeHugger —
... the Telegraph report:- A study by the University of Leeds, published in the science journal Nature, measured the girth of 70,000 trees across 10 African countries and compared them with similar records made four decades ago. On average, the trees were getting bigger faster and researchers found that each hectare of African forest was trapping an extra 0.6 tons of CO2 a year compared with the 1960s. To view an abstract of the original research paper in Nature, go to this link for Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests . C02-stimulated plant growth is ...
