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‘They Are Finishing the Trees’: Chinese Companies and Namibian Elites Make Millions Illegally Logging the Last Rosewoods

February 10, 2021

by John Grobler Jacobus Oma looked sadly at the stockpile of several hundred ancient rosewood logs he had just helped to load onto a Chinese-owned truck in northeastern ...

Controlling cantankerous carpenter bees

January 21, 2021

By Joy Crane Summer is here, and the South African Wood Preservers Association (SAWPA) is fielding calls from horrified homeowners threatened by large buzzing woodborers ...

The polyphagous shot hole borer beetle: Current status of a perfect invader in South Africa

January 17, 2021

ABSTRACT The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) beetle is a recent invader in South Africa. Together with its fungal symbiont, Fusarium euwallaceae, it can rapidly kill highly ...

Global Extinction Risk Assessment: Nearly One-Third of Oaks Are Threatened With Extinction

January 15, 2021

Acorns of Quercus bambusifolia, an endangered oak found in China and Vietnam. Credit: The Morton Arboretum First complete global extinction risk assessment reveals bleak future ...

The wooden economy and the worlds ultimate renewable

December 16, 2020

As a sustainably farmed resource that stores carbon, wood is increasingly being used not only in the built environment for houses and high-rises but also ...

Tis the season to declutter and recycle

December 14, 2020

The holidays can be surprisingly heavy on waste, so it pays to be mindful of yours these holidays. Not only will you reduce your environmental ...

PONSSE Firefighting equipment for forwarders

November 23, 2020

Ponsse is introducing firefighting equipment to be installed in the load spaces of forwarders for extinguishing wildfires. Forest machine is the most natural and effective ...

Tree diseases can change entire landscapes and must be taken seriously

November 16, 2020

On New Year's Eve 2018, an arsonist started a fire in Betty's Bay, a small town in South Africa's Western Cape province. The fire consumed more ...

Why it’s so critical to continuously monitor and manage plant diseases

November 11, 2020

Most of us understand the critical importance of monitoring the spread of diseases. And it is as important for plant diseases as it is for humans. ...

Stanford study finds wildfire smoke damages DNA in children

October 29, 2020

Stanford researchers have found that wildfire smoke permanently damages children's DNA. Further, they learned that wildfire smoke is far more damaging compared to smoke from controlled burns. ...

21 African countries are joining together to build a 4,750-mile wall of trees

October 7, 2020

Nearly two dozen African nations are now committed to build and maintain the Great Green Wall, a chain of forests and woodlands spreading across the ...

Cleaning and greening – Paper industry hosts a Trash and Tree Day

September 29, 2020

50 bags of trash and recyclables collected and 10 Pepperbark trees planted to mark National Clean-up and Recycling Week and Arbor Month

California fires: State agrees to thin millions of acres of forests

September 9, 2020

The two dozen major fires burning across Northern California were sparked by more than 12,000 lightning strikes, a freak weather occurrence that turned what had ...

Invasive gall-forming wasps that threaten non-nativeplantation-grown Eucalyptus: diversity and invasion patterns

September 4, 2020

Gall-forming hymenopterans of Eucalyptus species are highly successful invaders causing signicant damage in non-native plantation forests.

Hope for endangered Pepperbark trees highlighted through Sappi Arbor Week activities

September 4, 2020

We are excited about a number of Arbor Week activities taking place during the month of September at Sappi. At the centre of it all ...

Genomic evidence of introgression and adaptation in a model subtropical tree species, Eucalyptus grandis

September 2, 2020

The genetic consequences of adaptation to changing environments can be deciphered using population genomics, which may help predict species' responses to global climate change.

Phytophthora Species Associated with Roots of Native and Non-native Trees in Natural and Managed Forests

August 3, 2020

Roots act as a biological filter that exclusively allows only a portion of the soil-associated microbial diversity to infect the plant. This microbial diversity includes ...

The climate is putting European forests under sustained pressure, study says

July 21, 2020

No year since weather records began was as hot and dry as 2018. A first comprehensive analysis of the consequences of this drought and heat ...

Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions

July 10, 2020

The world's forests have never been more threatened by invasions of exotic pests and pathogens, whose causes and impacts are reinforced by global change.

Novel species of Huntiella from naturally-occurring forest trees in Greece and South Africa

July 10, 2020

Huntiella species are wood-infecting, filamentous ascomycetes that occur in fresh wounds on a wide variety of tree species. These fungi are mainly known as saprobes although ...

A Genome-Wide Association Study for Resistance to the Insect Pest Leptocybe invasa in Eucalyptus grandis Reveals Genomic Regions and Positional Candidate Defense Genes

July 7, 2020

The galling insect, Leptocybe invasa, causes significant losses in plantations of various Eucalyptus species and hybrids, threatening its economic viability.

Forests: at the heart of a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

July 3, 2020

This brief highlights how forests and the forestry sector provide essential services and products to support health and livelihoods during times of crisis, how investing ...

Low genetic diversity and strong geographic structure in introduced populations of the Eucalyptus foliar pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans

June 29, 2020

The aggressive Eucalyptus leaf pathogen, Teratosphaeria destructans, causes widespread damage in tropical and subtropical Eucalyptusâ€growing regions of Indonesia, China, Thailand, East Timor, Vietnam, Lao, and South Africa.

Scientists’ warning on invasive alien species

June 25, 2020

Biological invasions are a global consequence of an increasingly connected world and the rise in human population size.

Environment

‘They Are Finishing the Trees’: Chinese Companies and Namibian Elites Make Millions Illegally Logging the Last Rosewoods

Controlling cantankerous carpenter bees

The polyphagous shot hole borer beetle: Current status of a perfect invader in South Africa

Global Extinction Risk Assessment: Nearly One-Third of Oaks Are Threatened With Extinction

The wooden economy and the worlds ultimate renewable

Tis the season to declutter and recycle

PONSSE Firefighting equipment for forwarders

Tree diseases can change entire landscapes and must be taken seriously

Why it’s so critical to continuously monitor and manage plant diseases

Stanford study finds wildfire smoke damages DNA in children

21 African countries are joining together to build a 4,750-mile wall of trees

Cleaning and greening – Paper industry hosts a Trash and Tree Day

California fires: State agrees to thin millions of acres of forests

Invasive gall-forming wasps that threaten non-nativeplantation-grown Eucalyptus: diversity and invasion patterns

Hope for endangered Pepperbark trees highlighted through Sappi Arbor Week activities

Genomic evidence of introgression and adaptation in a model subtropical tree species, Eucalyptus grandis

Phytophthora Species Associated with Roots of Native and Non-native Trees in Natural and Managed Forests

The climate is putting European forests under sustained pressure, study says

Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions

Novel species of Huntiella from naturally-occurring forest trees in Greece and South Africa

A Genome-Wide Association Study for Resistance to the Insect Pest Leptocybe invasa in Eucalyptus grandis Reveals Genomic Regions and Positional Candidate Defense Genes

Forests: at the heart of a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

Low genetic diversity and strong geographic structure in introduced populations of the Eucalyptus foliar pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans

Scientists’ warning on invasive alien species

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