Protected areas see continued deforestation but at a reduced rate, OSU research shows Published: - Feb 18, 2021
A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a protected area designation reduces the rate of deforestation but does not prevent it.
The findings are important because most terrestrial species live in forests and because the study suggests that just 6.5% of the Earth s woodlands are truly protected. Photo: Oregon State University
EurekaAlert | OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Published today in
Nature Ecology and Evolution, the findings are important because most terrestrial species live in forests and because
the study suggests that just 6.5% of the Earth s woodlands are truly protected, well below the 2020 target of 17% set by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a protected area designation reduces the rate of deforestation but does not prevent it.
Michael Green Architecture Designs a Mass-Timber Research Complex
The Oregon Forest Science Complex is a proving ground for mass timber’s sustainable, seismic, and even psychological benefits.
The new Peavy Hall is a stout structure composed of two intersecting volumes that partially enclose a new arboretum at its rear. Michael Green Architecture (MGA), which has designed several mass-timber buildings, inserted an amphitheaterlike staircase into the atrium, made of recycled glulam beams from Peavy’s demolished predecessor. It’s topped by a third-story “treehouse.” Courtesy Josh Partee
Today a new generation of mass-timber buildings has become the talk of world architecture. Thanks to products like cross-laminated timber, with its increased structural strength, surprising fire resistance, and reduced construction timelines, not to mention wood’s natural ability to sequester carbon, this ancient material has become a 21st-century alternative to concrete and steel. Ye
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