Santa Barbara Independent

New Conservation Strategy to Protect Montane Forests in Southern California

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 30, 2024—The Southern Montane Forest Project has unveiled its Climate-Adapted Conservation Strategy ...
Times of San Diego

San Diego Group Unveils Conservation Strategy for High-Elevation Forests

Conifer trees surround a meadow high atop Palomar Mountain in the Cleveland National Forest. Photo courtesy USDA Forest Service Photo/Sarah Hennessy The San Diego-based Southern Montane Forest Project ...
EurekAlert!

Forest loss intensifies climate change by increasing temperatures and cloud level, which leads to decrease of water

In Africa's montane forests, air temperature has increased by 1,4 centigrades, while cloud level has risen by 230 meters during the last 20 years. Montane forests are often cloudy, wet, cold, and ...
JSTOR Daily

Late Quaternary ecotone change between sub-alpine and montane forest zone on the leeward northern slope of Mt. Kilimanjaro

Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 29, No. 3 (May 2018), pp. 459-468 (10 pages) Questions: How did the montane forest of the leeward northern slopes on Mt. Kilimanjaro respond to climate fluctuation ...
EurekAlert!

Logging and climate change threaten montane birds

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have studied the effects of forest logging and climate change on bird communities in tropical mountains, by examining over 10 years of data. In a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

World’s Biggest Climate Fund Seeks to Restore Rwanda’s Forests

The world’s biggest global climate fund has agreed to invest $39.1 million in Rwanda to help it tackle climate change through the restoration of the nation’s only remaining montane forests. The pledge ...