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Forest conservation might be an even more important climate solution than we realize: Study

Mike Gaworecki 19 Apr 2017

Warming climate coaxes carbon from down deep in temperate soils

John Cannon 14 Mar 2017

Nitrogen pollution slows down forest decomposers

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Mar 2017

Forest Stewardship Council cuts ties with Austrian timber giant

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Feb 2017

‘Last frontiers of wilderness’: Intact forest plummets globally

John Cannon 13 Jan 2017

Fragmentation boosts carbon storage along temperate forest edges

John Cannon 9 Jan 2017

Illegal logging shows little sign of slowing

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Dec 2016

93% of world’s roadless areas are less than half the size of Cincinnati

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Dec 2016

FSC puts timber processor on probation after ‘scathing’ investigation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Dec 2016

Study points to El Niño-like global connections between forests

John Cannon 7 Dec 2016

Tree biodiversity critical to forest productivity, study finds

John Cannon 14 Oct 2016

Russia’s Far East: then and now

Jeremy Hance 1 Oct 2016

China’s reforestation program a letdown for wildlife, study finds

Benji Jones 27 Sep 2016

Greenpeace firefighters attacked by armed men in Russia

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2016

Deforestation has been occurring continuously in New England since the 1980s

Mike Gaworecki 19 Aug 2016

Putting the ‘evidence’ in evidence-based forest conservation

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2016

Ignoring scientists, Poland begins logging famous primeval forest  

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2016

For Earth Day: climbing a redwood tree

Tina Butler 21 Apr 2016

China’s forests are growing back – but at a cost

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Apr 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

Scientists blame Smokey Bear for making U.S. forests less resilient

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Mar 2016

Market-based conservation programs slow deforestation in Chile, study finds

Peter Mellgard 29 Feb 2016

Widespread death of evergreens predicted in American Southwest

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jan 2016

Biomass: a burning issue for European and U.S. forests

Greg Norman 8 Dec 2015

Romania struggles to turn the tide of illegal logging

Greg Norman 4 Dec 2015

World’s protected forests lost 3 percent of their tree cover in 13 years

Morgan Erickson-Davis 27 Oct 2015

Lumber Liquidators pays $13.2M to end illegal logging probe

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 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

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