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Environmental degradation is causing serious detrimental health impacts for humans, but protecting natural habitats can reverse this and supply positive health benefits, according to a new WWF report.WWF

In the southern Appalachians, the Open Space Institute is gathering information that could help land trusts and government agencies launch increasingly targeted and effective wildlife habitat protection efforts across a region that is rich in biodiversity.Open Space Institute

A new report co-authored by a CSU professor calls for the U.S. Forest Service to keep its saw blades away from bark beetle-killed trees in national forest roadless areas while focusing instead on removing trees that pose a direct hazard to hu-mans.The Coloradoan

Scientists have calculated that it actually makes sense to start intentional fires to keep down debris and undergrowth. Even though these prescribed fires do put carbon into the atmosphere, the scientists calculate it's less than what would go up in big wildfires.NPR

The world's net rate of forest loss has slowed markedly in the last decade, with less logging in the Amazon and China planting trees on a grand scale.BBC

Ambitious planting programs in Asia and the United States have helped slow the global rate of deforestation but farmers are still cutting trees to clear land at an alarmingly high rate, a U.N. survey released Thursday shows.Associated Press via Star Tribune

Despite growing concerns about the potential adverse effects of most currently approved food dyes, the Food and Drug Administration continues to sit on the sidelines. Meanwhile, many food companies have stopped using these food dyes of concern in European markets but continue to use them for the same foods sold in the U.S. market.