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  1. Trees & Forestry

    Can I eat the raw sap from a maple tree?

    by EcoWorld Editorial Staff on May 11, 2010


  2. Tamanu Oil from Calophyllum Inophyllum

    by EcoWorld Editorial Staff on March 24, 2010

    This image of the trees in which tamanu oil is derived from was made available by <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgerus/3657117980/sizes/o/” rel=”nofollow”>Flickr</a> and used by EcoWorld under the authors’ use of Creative Commons Licensing.
    This image of the trees in which tamanu oil is derived from was made available by Flickr and used by EcoWorld under the authors’ use [...]



  3. Pine Beetles Threaten North American Forestry

    by Syndicated News on March 19, 2010

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 18 (UPI) — The pine beetle infestation of western Canadian forests is expected to close at least 16 major sawmills and cut exports by half, a report said Thursday.
    The International Wood Markets Group forecast released in Vancouver, British Columbia, said losses due to the insects would also cause lumber prices [...]



  4. Study Debunks Amazon Rain Forest Theory

    by Syndicated News on March 16, 2010

    BOSTON, March 16 (UPI) — A NASA-funded study contradicts a previous U.N. report that the Amazon rain forests thrive during long droughts.
    The Boston University study, using NASA satellite data, concluded Amazon rain forests were remarkably unaffected by a once-in-a-century drought in 2005, neither dying nor thriving, contrary to a report by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel [...]



  5. Winter Overcomes 1,200-year-old Oak

    by Syndicated News on February 11, 2010

    CHIRK, Wales, Feb. 10 (UPI) — A Welsh oak tree, already more than 300 years old when King Henry II spared it in 1165, couldn’t withstand the unusually cold winter of 2010, locals say.
    Mark Williams, a historian of the Wrexham area in North Wales, told the BBC he and Deryn Poppit visited the tree [...]



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