Land Management News

Posted September 6, 2010:

• Is Organic Farming Good for Wildlife? It Depends on the Alternative

Posted September 3, 2010:

• Afla-Guard Also Protects Corn Crops, Study Shows
• Increase in Cambodia's Vultures Gives Hope to Imperiled Scavengers
• Most New Farmland in Tropics Comes from Slashing Forests, Research Shows

Posted August 31, 2010:

• Photo Album Tells Story of Wildlife Decline

Posted August 27, 2010:

• Burning Invasive Juniper Trees Boosts Perennial Grass Recovery

Posted August 20, 2010:

• Drought Drives Decade-Long Decline in Plant Growth
• Study Examines Nitrogen, Copper Levels in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Posted August 19, 2010:

• Slowing Urban Sprawl, Adding Forests Curb Floods and Help Rivers

Posted August 18, 2010:

• New Satellite Data Reveals True Decline of World's Mangrove Forests

Posted August 17, 2010:

• Warmest Year-to-Date Global Temperature on Record

Posted August 12, 2010:

• Wide Range of Plants Offer Cellulosic Biofuel Potential, Ecological Diversity

Posted August 10, 2010:

• Switchgrass Lessens Soil Nitrate Loss Into Waterways, Researchers Find

Posted August 5, 2010:

• Global Tropical Forests Threatened by 2100

Posted August 3, 2010:

• World’s Most Endangered Otter 'Rediscovered' in Malaysia

Posted July 28, 2010:

• Marine Biodiversity Strongly Linked to Ocean Temperature
• Most Panda Habitat Is Outside Nature Reserves, According to Joint US-China Research

Posted July 27, 2010:

• A Future With or Without Trees: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Brazilian Amazon State
• New Tool for Improving Switchgrass

Posted July 23, 2010:

• Bioenergy Production Can Expand Across Africa Without Displacing Food, Report Finds

Posted July 9, 2010:

• Farmers to Get Rice-Growing Advice Via Text Messages

Posted June 30, 2010:

• Effect of Fire on Birds Evaluated

Posted June 28, 2010:

• International Law Failing to Protect Coral Reefs and Tropical Fish, Experts Argue
• Conscious Choice of Food Can Substantially Mitigate Climate Change, Research Finds

Posted June 24, 2010:

• Agriculture's Next Revolution -- Perennial Grain -- Within Sight

Posted June 17, 2010:

• Caribbean Coral Reef Protection Efforts Miss the Mark, Research Suggests

Posted June 14, 2010:

• High-Yield Agriculture Slows Pace of Global Warming, Say Researchers
• First Detailed National Map of Land-Cover Vegetation in U.S. Released

Posted June 11, 2010:

• Wetland Aliens Cause Bird Extinction

Posted June 10, 2010:

• New Online Map Shows Network of Protection for North America's Marine Ecosystems

Posted June 7, 2010:

• Climate Change Linked to Major Vegetation Shifts Worldwide

Posted June 3, 2010:

• Aquatic Life Declines at Early Stages of Urban Development, Research Finds
• Fires in Amazon Challenge Emission Reduction Program

Posted June 1, 2010:

• Count Your Chickens (and Robins and Pigeons ...), Urge Researchers Working to Protect Birds

Posted May 26, 2010:

• Better Way to Calculate Greenhouse Gas Value of Ecosystems

Posted May 25, 2010:

• Saving Rainforests May Help Reduce Poverty

Posted May 20, 2010:

• 'Prehistoric' Frogs May Face Extinction If Conservation Area Is Opened to Mining

Posted May 19, 2010:

• New England Losing Forest Cover -- Scholars Call for Accelerated Conservation

Posted May 18, 2010:

• How Grazing Lands Influence Greenhouse Gas
• Sustainable Fishing: Avoiding Over-Exploitation of Fishery Resources

Posted May 17, 2010:

• NASA, Google Data Show North Korea Logging in Protected Area

Posted May 11, 2010:

• Does Foreign Policy Help or Hinder Global Health?

Posted May 6, 2010:

• First-Ever Landscape-Wide Study of Elephants and Great Apes
• Climate Experts Aim to Build Food Security in the Face of Climate Change

Posted May 5, 2010:

• Organic Farming Shows Limited Benefit to Wildlife, Researchers in UK Find

Posted May 4, 2010:

• New Atlas Underlines Significant Role of Northern Soils in Climate Change

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Large Amounts of Nitrogen Stored Beneath Selected Agricultural Areas

Posted April 29, 2010:

• Climate Change Affects Subterranean Ecosystems

Posted April 28, 2010:

• Analyzing Biofuel Sources and Predicting Effects on Water, Soil and the Atmosphere

Posted April 22, 2010:

• Global Biofuel Drive Raises Risk of Eviction for African Farmers

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