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8,000 trees and counting!
2013-08-06 16:53:06| PortlandOnline
PRESS RELEASE: Thomas Conoscenti, Expert on Downtown Brooklyn Real Estate, Appointed Director of Commercial Leasing at Two Trees
2013-08-02 16:40:00| National Real Estate Investor
Jeannette Boccini Conoscenti will focus on office and retail properties. read more
Drought-weakened trees more likely to die in fires
2013-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: rolonged droughts are causing more trees to die in forest fires in the western United States, according to a new study that looked at decades of controlled fire data. Climate change is heating up and drying up the American West, and these two changes are weakening trees, which makes them less able to resist the effects of fire, the authors of the study conclude. "What we're interested in is trying to understand what the climate might be in relation to a fire event," Phil van Mantgem, a research...
Once Resilient, Trees In The West Now More Vulnerable To Fires
2013-07-29 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: On any given day, there's a wildfire burning somewhere in the U.S. - and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Many western forests have evolved with fire, and actually benefit from the occasional wildfire. A nice little ground fire every few decades cleans house in the forest. It burns the grass and brush, and maybe some smaller trees - the "ladder fuels" that might carry a fire up into the tree canopy. Those canopy fires are the worst kind - they kill forests. But scientists are discovering...
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Can cutting trees curb emissions and improve incomes in Mexico?
2013-07-27 13:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Not far from the site of the Cancun 2010 U.N. climate change summit, indigenous people in rural southeast Mexico are doing their part to staunch global warming. They are perfecting Community Forestry Enterprises (CFEs) to establish long-term profitability through tree farming and related agricultural practices that protect the environment. Climate change is a serious problem in the world, caused by bad habits, says Miguel Cante Chuc, president of the Yaax Sot Ot YookOl Kaab Environmental Service-Providers...
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