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Tree Counter Is Astonished By How Many Trees There Are
2015-12-26 14:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A new study says the answer is more than 3 trillion trees - that's trillion with a T, and that number is about eight times more than a previous estimate. Thomas Crowther was inspired to do this tree census a couple of years ago, when he was working at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He had a friend who was working with a group with an ambitious goal: trying to fight global warming by planting a billion trees. A billion trees sounded like a lot. But was it really? "They...
Notice of Planning and Sustainability Commission Hearing for Proposed Amendment to Title 11, Trees, Regarding Trees in Development Situations
2015-12-23 21:38:47| PortlandOnline
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Notice of Urban Forestry Commission Hearing for Proposed Amendments to Title 11, Trees, Regarding Tree Preservation in Development Situations
2015-12-22 23:31:32| PortlandOnline
The Urban Forestry Commission meeting will be held on Thursday, January 21, 2016 and begins at 6:00 p.m., 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Room 2500B.
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Fighting Climate Change with Trees in Africa
2015-12-19 02:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: When world leaders gathered in Paris and successfully negotiated a pivotal international climate agreement, I was happy to see so many heads of state reaffirm the central role of trees and forest landscape restoration in fighting and adapting to climate change. As an African woman and the daughter of Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, the restoration agenda is very close to me. The movement my mother established has been mobilizing communities for close to 40 years...
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Notice of Hearing for Proposed Amendments to Title 11, Trees, Regarding Tree Preservation in Development Situations
2015-12-17 19:18:40| PortlandOnline
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