[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Logged forests and climate change are driving birds in tropical mountains to higher elevations due to rising temperatures, a research by the Indian Institute of Science has found. While smaller bird species are able to withstand higher temperatures, and thus colonise these logged forests better, the larger …
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US moves to protect old growth forests as climate change threatens their survival – Times of India
[ad_1] BILLINGS: The Biden administration is moving to conserve groves of old-growth trees on federal land by revising management plans for national forests and grasslands across the U.S. as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease.Agriculture Sec. Tom Vilsack said the goal was to provide …
Read More »Brazil to propose mega fund to conserve forests at COP28 climate summit – Times of India
[ad_1] SAO PAULO: Brazil plans to propose a “huge” fund to pay for the conservation of tropical forests at the United Nations COP28 climate change summit that begins later this month in Dubai, the country’s top climate negotiator said on Thursday.That potential financing mechanism, not previously reported, would be the …
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