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2 April 2015 World Resource Institute: Tree Cover Loss Spikes in Russia and Canada, Remains High Globally. “New, high-resolution satellite-based maps released today by the University of Maryland and Google on Global Forest Watch, a partnership of over 60 organizations convened by the World Resources Institute, reveal a significant recent surge in tree cover loss largely in Russia and Canada during 2013…” Read More here

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31 March 2015 Despite deforestation, the Earth is getting greener. “Analysis of 20 years of satellite data has revealed the total amount of vegetation above ground globally has increased by almost the equivalent of 4 billion tonnes of carbon between 2003 and 2012. This is despite ongoing large-scale deforestation in the tropics. An Australian-led international team of scientists published the findings in Nature Climate Change, finding a range of causes for the increase. The increase in vegetation primarily came from a lucky combination of environmental and economic factors and massive tree-planting projects in China,” said Dr Yi Liu a lead author and remote sensing scientist from the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.” Read More here

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