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Moringa stenopetala is a tree originally domesticated by Ethiopian and Kenyan farmers for its highly nutritious leaves. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Trees with edible leaves can boost human nutrition: New book, free download

Erik Hoffner 15 Feb 2023
Two researchers measuring a Victoria boliviana leaf.

Kew Gardens joins local partners to save tropical plants from extinction

Sue Branford 15 Feb 2023
Karst mountain in Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Forest carbon offsets are a tool, not a silver bullet (commentary)

Robert Nasi and Pham Thu Thuy 7 Feb 2023
A blackwater oxbow lake in the Peruvian Amazon.

Forest modeling misses the water for the carbon: Q&A with Antonio Nobre & Anastassia Makarieva

Judith D. Schwartz 7 Feb 2023
Karen Kimani waters her tree nursery.

Kenya’s youngest environmental ambassador: Q&A with 10-year-old Karen Kimani

Mactilda Mbenywe 3 Feb 2023
An elephant.

Elephants promote jumbo trees, boosting the carbon stores in Africa’s forests

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Jan 2023
A protected old-growth forest in Sequoia National Park. Image by Joan Maloof/Old-Growth Forest Network.

U.S. mature forests are critical carbon repositories, but at risk: Study

John Cannon 27 Jan 2023

The EU banned Russian wood pellet imports; South Korea took them all

Justin Catanoso 24 Jan 2023

Botanists are disappearing at a critical time

Mike DiGirolamo 24 Jan 2023
A staffer prepares seedlings in a nursery.

From Japan to Brazil: Reforesting the Amazon with the Miyawaki method

Nieves Zúñiga 24 Jan 2023
A man planting a tree.

Dollars and chainsaws: Can timber production help fund global reforestation?

Gianluca Cerullo 5 Jan 2023
A tall red angelim.

Amazon’s tallest tree at risk as deforestation nears

Sarah Brown 28 Dec 2022
Wood chips piled in mounds more than 6 meters (20 feet) high cover the lot of the Enviva wood pellet plant in Ahoskie, North Carolina. Enviva says that it uses wood waste to produce pellets. The whistleblower and Mongabay’s on site investigation at a North Carolina clear-cut site and at the Ahoskie plant provided evidence to the contrary. Image by Justin Catanoso for Mongabay.

The Netherlands to stop paying subsidies to ‘untruthful’ biomass firms

Justin Catanoso 23 Dec 2022

Australia rejects forest biomass in first blow to wood pellet industry

Justin Catanoso 21 Dec 2022
Indigenous people in neighboring villages of Glar commune collect dead branches for firewood.

In Vietnam, a forest grown from the ashes of war falls to a resort project

Le Quynh 19 Dec 2022
New saplings grow on a rotting stump.

Japan’s example: Can forest planting reduce climate disaster risk?

Annelise Giseburt 15 Dec 2022
Community members restore coastal mangrove forests.

Nearly half of replanted trees die, but careful site selection can help

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 14 Dec 2022

As EU finalizes renewable energy plan, forest advocates condemn biomass

Justin Catanoso 7 Dec 2022
A deforestated site in Edenton, North Carolina.

Whistleblower: Enviva claim of ‘being good for the planet… all nonsense’

Justin Catanoso 5 Dec 2022
Sitio Paho, Pala’wan Indigenous leader Mami Lapasan, carrying a heavy load of almaciga resin.

A Philippine resin trade proves sustainable for forests, but not tappers

Keith Anthony Fabro 30 Nov 2022
A palm tree stands tall in a forest in Costa Rica.

More than half of palm species may be threatened with extinction, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 9 Nov 2022
Gumwood trees.

Meet the Millennium Forest: A unique tropical island reforestation project

Jeremy Hance 2 Nov 2022
A black river turtle on a log

For water quality, even a sliver of riverbank forest is better than none

Liz Kimbrough 27 Oct 2022

Loss of Brazilian pines threatens Kaingáng Indigenous culture

Sônia Kaingáng 25 Oct 2022
Bôndy nurserymen tending to young eucalyptus

In Madagascar, a tree-planting business goes long on social, short on eco

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 10 Oct 2022

The Fixers: Top U.S. flooring retailers linked to Brazilian firm probed for corruption

Karla Mendes 29 Sep 2022
Fire near the Manicoré River in Amazonas state in August 2022. Photo © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

How close is the Amazon tipping point? Forest loss in the east changes the equation

Liz Kimbrough 20 Sep 2022
Global forest carbon map

New tech aims to track carbon in every tree, boost carbon market integrity

Carolyn Cowan 19 Sep 2022

More droughts are coming, and the Amazon can’t keep up: Study

Liz Kimbrough 16 Sep 2022
Torrance Coste stands on a stump

British Columbia delays promised protections as old growth keeps falling

Justin Catanoso 14 Sep 2022
Ledan holding ironwood saplings

After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists

Budi Baskoro, Lusia Arumingtyas 14 Sep 2022

Even without human-driven deforestation, climate change threatens some forests

Ashoka Mukpo 13 Sep 2022

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