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Why do we cut down trees in the forest?
Published on: May 22, 2024
Fred, age 7. Future X-wing pilot. You've probably already seen some of these...
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Let it grow
Published on: May 21, 2024
What if we stopped replanting trees in cleared forests and just let them grow?
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Anatomy of a fall
Published on: May 14, 2024
Has the Great Green Wall of Africa project, launched in 2008, already collapsed? Numerous...
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Deforestation "Part of the solution lies in international trade".
Published on: April 30, 2024
6.6 billion hectares of forest will have been lost by 2022, 4% more than in 2021...
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Bears with a homey touch
Published on: April 23, 2024
To make progress on the road to repopulation, the brown bears of the Pyrenees have learned not to...
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We won't be going to the woods
Published on: April 17, 2024
Storms have long been the greatest threat to French forests. But now...
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Kings without forests
Published on: April 09, 2024
Part of the Baka group lives in the dense forest of southern Cameroon. Since the...
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Tracking down viruses: a painstaking task
Published on: April 03, 2024
When we think of the occupants of tropical forests, we think of jaguars, leopards, monkeys in...
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The boar of discord
Published on: March 27, 2024
One of Raphaël's aims is to get to know wild boar better so as to be able to live with them more easily...
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On the island of the cyclone
Published on: March 19, 2024
Leaves torn off, branches broken, trunks snapped, trees uprooted... When the wind...
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The price of the forest
Published on: March 12, 2024
Encourage small landowners not to cut down trees by paying them a...
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Forests between sea and land
Published on: March 05, 2024
They cover just under 150,000 km2 of our planet, on the border between land and sea...
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Hot weather in cold forests
Published on: February 27, 2024
While major fires have ravaged millions of hectares of forest in recent years...
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LUM: UM's science and society magazine
Published on: February 26, 2024
Tropical, boreal or temperate, forests cover 31% of the Earth's land surface...
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If I do sport, am I better at school and at work?
Published on: January 23, 2024
Arthur, 11 years old. Future choreographer. We all know that sport is good for your health. But what about...
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A new lease of life for rehabilitation
Published on: January 16, 2024
While the virtues of physical activity are universally recognized, it's not always easy...