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7M hectares of Philippine land are forested — and that’s bad news The country has been vulnerable to massive flooding linked to deforestation. The coronavirus pandemic is also a catastrophe that arose from populations occupying wild animal habitats. BY KAROL ILAGAN May 12, 2021 | 02:04:00 PM Key findings: Forest loss persists in the Philippines even with a log ban and protection laws in place. ...

7M hectares of Philippine land is forested — and that’s bad news The country has been vulnerable to massive flooding linked to deforestation. The coronavirus pandemic is also a catastrophe that arose from populations occupying wild animal habitats. BY KAROL ILAGAN May 12, 2021 | 02:04:00 PM Key findings: Forest loss persists in the Philippines even with a log ban and protection laws in place. F...

7M hectares of Philippine land are forested — and that’s bad news The country has been vulnerable to massive flooding linked to deforestation. The coronavirus pandemic is also a catastrophe that arose from populations occupying wild animal habitats. BY KAROL ILAGAN May 12, 2021 | 02:04:00 PM Key findings: Forest loss persists in the Philippines even with a log ban and protection laws in place. ...

Vallejo to receive $410,000 for bike lane, trail connector project VALLEJO — The city will get $410,180 in Urban Greening Program funds to construct a Class IV separated bike lane along Enterprise Avenue, parallel to Highway 37, that will help close a gap in the Bay Area Ridge Trail. Part of Round 4 of funding from the California Natural Resources Agency, the funds come to Vallejo through the Solano Transportation Authority, the local agency announced in a statement Monday. The new section he...

This past week, I learned a lot about trees from Dr. Geoffrey “Jess” Parker, who has served as the forest ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater since 1987. Jess wanted to show me around the Corcoran Environmental Study Area or “Corcoran Woods,” a 215-acre tract of forest adjacent to Sandy Point State Park.