http://www.mail.com/subjects/16130-forests.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/16130-forests.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2094768-denmarks-de-forest-wins-eurovision-song-contest.html MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, hippie-chic 20-year-old for the catchy... Sun, 19 May 2013 00:21:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2094768-denmarks-de-forest-wins-eurovision-song-contest.html 2013-05-19T00:21:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092740-official-nigeria-military-attacks-camps-kills-21.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday. The fighting happened Thursday in the Sambisa Forest Reserve, just south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, which sold... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092740-official-nigeria-military-attacks-camps-kills-21.html 2013-05-17T20:26:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090246-fire-burns-3800-acres-calif-national-forest.html FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a breather from a wildfire that has blackened hills near Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles. The fire that broke out Wednesday in the Los Padres National Forest charred 3,800 acres of dry, thick trees in torrid conditions. But despite a 20-degree dip in heat and... Fri, 17 May 2013 03:48:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090246-fire-burns-3800-acres-calif-national-forest.html 2013-05-17T03:48:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2089408-indonesia-extends-forest-clearing-ban-2-years.html JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands, officials said Thursday. Environmentalists praised the move but said the government must do more to curb the nation's burgeoning production of greenhouse gases. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed the decree on Monda... Thu, 16 May 2013 09:01:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2089408-indonesia-extends-forest-clearing-ban-2-years.html 2013-05-16T09:01:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2068456-beyonce-reigns-forest-queen-animated-epic.html LONDON (AP) — Beyonce loved voicing Queen Tara in the new children's movie "Epic" — at least once she stopped crying. Queen B has gone from pop royalty to screen royalty, becoming the forest queen in an animated movie that she hopes her 15-month-old daughter Blue Ivy will be proud of one day. The film was her first work since giving birth and she says her... Tue, 07 May 2013 14:29:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2068456-beyonce-reigns-forest-queen-animated-epic.html 2013-05-07T14:29:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2064398-scenic-struggling-s-illinois-braces-oil-rush.html VIENNA, Ill. (AP) — This is the Illinois that many people never see — the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps. Blacktopped county roads wend through no-stoplight towns. Locals speak in soft drawls and talk of generations who've lived on the same land or in the sam... Mon, 06 May 2013 03:45:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2064398-scenic-struggling-s-illinois-braces-oil-rush.html 2013-05-06T03:45:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2060354-timber-forest-service-asks-to-return-cash.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across the West by citing automatic spending cuts as the basis for demanding that dozens of states return $17.9 million in federal subsidies. And it's all come down to a bureaucratic squabble ove... Fri, 03 May 2013 16:48:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2060354-timber-forest-service-asks-to-return-cash.html 2013-05-03T16:48:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2001924-hikers-woes-danger-urban-wilderness.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Southern California, where urban sprawl meets pristine wilderness, one can stand on a backwoods mountain trail and be so close to the city as to still hear the rumble of traffic and make out a downtown skyline. Which is something, wilderness experts say, that can lead to a false sense of security. Earlier this week, two teens hiking ... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:37:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2001924-hikers-woes-danger-urban-wilderness.html 2013-04-06T00:37:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1997406-2nd-lost-hiker-rescued-calif-forest.html RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — Rescuers who plucked a young woman on Thursday from a steep, rocky canyon wall said she was exhausted, had trouble breathing and likely could not have survived much longer than another day in the rugged Southern California wilderness. Kyndall Jack, 18, was rescued from a near-vertical wall in Falls Canyon in Cleveland... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:59:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1997406-2nd-lost-hiker-rescued-calif-forest.html 2013-04-05T00:59:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1996218-1-hiker-found-1-missing-calif-forest.html RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — One of two hikers missing for three days in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest was found alive Wednesday night, but his companion remained missing, a sheriff's spokesman said. Another hiker found 19-year-old Nicholas Cendoya at about 8 p.m., then told a crew of firefighters where to find him, Orange Count... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:25:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1996218-1-hiker-found-1-missing-calif-forest.html 2013-04-04T06:25:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1940172-forest-service-fires-burn.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After coming in $400 million over budget following last year's busy fire season, the Forest Service is altering its approach and may let more fires burn instead of attacking every one. The move, quietly made in a letter late last month by Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, brings the agency more in line with the National Parks Service ... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:45:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1940172-forest-service-fires-burn.html 2013-03-08T08:45:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870886-report-warming-bringing-big-changes-to-forests.html GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Big changes are in store for the nation's forests as global warming increases wildfires and insect infestations, and generates more frequent floods and droughts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture warns in a report released Tuesday. The compilation of more than 1,000 scientific studies is part of the National Climate Assessment an... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870886-report-warming-bringing-big-changes-to-forests.html 2013-02-05T23:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845698-russian-activist-intensive-care-stabbing.html MOSCOW (AP) — A 63-year-old municipal legislator who opposed a construction project that would destroy a forest just outside Moscow was in intensive care Friday after being stabbed repeatedly by an unidentified assailant. The stabbing of Lyudmila Garifulina is the latest in a string of attacks on environmental defenders who have stood in the way of powerf... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845698-russian-activist-intensive-care-stabbing.html 2013-01-25T15:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844698-guyana-pledges-to-protect-jaguars.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The lushly forested nation of Guyana on Thursday joined a regional pact to protect jaguars, the elusive spotted cat that is the biggest land predator in the Americas but is vulnerable due to expanded agriculture and mining that carves away at their fragmented habitat. Leaders of the government's environment ministry were signing a... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844698-guyana-pledges-to-protect-jaguars.html 2013-01-25T00:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1822838-mo-deaths-3-hikers-underscore-safety.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Whether it was the bone-chilling rain or the pitch-black darkness while lost in a forest, circumstances that doomed an Air Force veteran and two young sons on a Missouri hike illustrate the need for simple precautions that could avert similar tragedies, experts said Tuesday. Authorities have said experienced hiker David Decareaux and two ... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1822838-mo-deaths-3-hikers-underscore-safety.html 2013-01-15T19:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1769468-brazil-forest-protection-turns-to-digital-world.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Landowners who broke Brazil's environmental laws by clearing their farms of native forest used to have just one way to make right with government inspectors: plant trees. Now, they can clear their names by just pointing and clicking. After decades trying to protect rapidly shrinking forest, Brazil has turned to the digital world and ... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 07:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1769468-brazil-forest-protection-turns-to-digital-world.html 2012-12-16T07:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1752846-blighted-icon-volunteers-aim-to-revive-chestnut.html WEAVERVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Jim Hurst has doted on his trees, arranged in three "families" on a bluff high above the rushing French Broad River. He installed a drip irrigation system to help rejuvenate this former hayfield's powdery, depleted soil. To protect against browsing deer, he girded the delicate sprouts in plastic sleeving and wire mesh. In the four... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1752846-blighted-icon-volunteers-aim-to-revive-chestnut.html 2012-12-08T14:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1733976-thousands-flock-to-nc-hunger-games-forest.html HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Thousands of people are still coming to visit the western North Carolina forest where the movie "The Hunger Games" was filmed. The Times-News of Hendersonville reported (http://bit.ly/SjO33X ) the number of visitors this year to DuPont State Recreational Forest reached 327,000 by the end of October. Attendance last year was abo... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1733976-thousands-flock-to-nc-hunger-games-forest.html 2012-11-30T13:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1726884-brazil-deforestation-hits-record-low.html BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has dropped to its lowest level in 24 years, the government said Tuesday. Satellite imagery showed that 1,798 square miles (4,656 square kilometers) of the Amazon were deforested between August 2011 and July 2012, Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said a news conference. That's 27 pe... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1726884-brazil-deforestation-hits-record-low.html 2012-11-27T21:48:00Z