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Study reveals forests have yet another climate-protection superpower

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Jan 2018

Illegal logging shows little sign of slowing

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Dec 2016

Study points to El Niño-like global connections between forests

John Cannon 7 Dec 2016

Russia’s Far East: then and now

Jeremy Hance 1 Oct 2016

Canada’s eastern boreal forest could become a climate change refuge

William H. Funk 16 Sep 2016

Greenpeace firefighters attacked by armed men in Russia

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2016
Greenpeace protesting against a company's palm oil policy. Courtesy of Greenpeace

10 reasons to be optimistic for forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jun 2016

UNESCO declares largest biosphere reserve in North America

Morgan Erickson-Davis 21 Mar 2016

10 facts about forests for International Forest Day

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Mar 2016

World’s vast boreal forests could ‘hit a tipping point’ this century, scientists say

Mike Gaworecki 23 Nov 2015
Rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Malaysia has reported a steep increase in forest cover to FAO, a result of changing how it classifies forest cover.

U.N. data suggests slowdown in forest loss

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Sep 2015
Pittsfield State Forest in Massachusetts. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

How many trees are cut down every year?

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Sep 2015

Global forest loss reached 46 million acres in 2014

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Sep 2015

Satellite data shows how deforestation is impacting our weather and our food

Mike Gaworecki 12 May 2015

‘Deforestation fronts’ revealed

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Apr 2015

Woman defeats mine, saves wilderness, wins $175,000

Morgan Erickson-Davis 20 Apr 2015

Russia and Canada lead the world in forest loss in 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Apr 2015

Tiger family photo surprises scientists

Jeremy Hance 10 Mar 2015

Dissolving pulp: a growing threat to global forests

Mike Gaworecki 30 Oct 2014

Changing climate, changing conservation paradigms in Canada’s boreal forests

Julian Moll-rocek 19 Sep 2014

FSC passes motion for greater protection of primary forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Sep 2014

Canada, Russia, Brazil lead world in old-growth forest loss

Morgan Erickson-Davis 5 Sep 2014

More trouble with tar sands: oil extraction leading to big forest loss in Alberta

Dr Liz Kimbrough 29 Aug 2014

Where should the roads go? New map offers a solution to the ‘Pandora’s Box of environmental problems’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 27 Aug 2014

How do we save the world’s vanishing old-growth forests?

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

An uncertain future: world’s last wild Siberian tigers threatened by illegal logging, global warming, disease (PART II)

Sandhya Sekar 22 Aug 2014

Greenpeace alleges SLAPP suit tactic by logging company

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2014

Logging of Russian Far East damaging tiger habitat, few intact forests protected (Part I)

Sandhya Sekar 19 Aug 2014

Nothing else left to log: are eco-certified timber companies stripping Russia of its last old growth forests?

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Aug 2014

No restrictions: Japan’s demand for illegal wood driving rampant deforestation in Siberia

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Jul 2014

Deforestation reduces the size of fish

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2014

Ignoring boreal forests could speed up global warming

Paul Sutherland 4 Jun 2014

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