Indonesia calls for reforestation in wake of deadly floods

Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has urged large-scale reforestation initiatives to reduce the risk of flooding and landslides that have killed scores of people in East Java’s Madium district, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. Earlier this year the Indonesian government annouced plans to plant 2 billion trees in 2007, though it is unclear whether that goal was...

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Agricultural benefits of deforestation are short-lived
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Agricultural benefits of deforestation are short-lived

BBC news reports on a new study published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that found the benefits of converting rainforests for agriculture land are short-lived in terms of soil nutrients. “US researchers studied deforested land in Mexico and found that soil levels of phosphorus, a key nutrient for plants, fell by 44% after three growing cycles. In the long-term, the land risked becoming so degraded that...

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mongabay.com welcomes guest bloggers

In an effort to broaden the “voice” of the site, over the next few months mongabay.com will begin running posts from guest bloggers.

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