Years ago I helped families in the Ozarks and Southern Appalachian Mountains make money from their forests by harvesting timber in sustainable ways and increasing the amount of carbon those forests ...

I would like to thank our Washington State Legislature for including $83 million in the budget to be used to conserve 2,000 acres of older forest in our state. Our forests are a critical shield ...

Forests without top predators (such as tigers) risk being overgrazed by large herbivore prey, depleting vegetation carbon stocks and their capacity to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, an ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack addresses the annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, the largest annual meeting of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (USDA photo by Tom Witham) A number of ...

The theme of the 2015 UN International Day of Forests is “Forests and Climate Change” March 21 marks the International Day of Forests, an opportunity for us to reflect on the life-sustaining value of ...

Conserving forest and wetland sites like this one at the Browns Creek Tributary Forest Preserve help keep nutrients and sediments from fueling algae and plant growth in our lakes. Photo by Becky ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Forest conservation and restoration could make a major contribution to tackling the ...

Conservation partners have completed a major conservation deal on the Georgia-Alabama state border, conserving 10,000 acres of critical forests and watersheds.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Dr. Humphrey Agevi, researcher and lecturer at Masinde Muliro University of Science and ...

In a thrilling discovery, a Clouded Leopard—an endangered gem of the wild—has made an appearance in the Kakoi Reserve Forest ...

Belagavi: With the world facing the severe impacts of global warming and climate change, tree conservation and afforestation ...

Kenya’s current forest cover stands at 8.83 per cent while tree cover stands at 12.13 per cent, according to the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) National Forest Assessment report of 2021 released on June 3 ...