Brazil is proposing a fund that would pay countries to protect tropical forests that are crucial to curbing climate change. It would generate returns, too. By Manuela Andreoni What if financial ...

Ancient alerce trees may shelter entire underground ecosystems, with vast fungal networks helping forests cycle nutrients and store carbon.

Highly detailed 3D scans of dense tropical rain forest plots are enabling precise estimates of tree structure, volume and ...

Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS): Lasers on the ground that scan trees from below. Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle Laser Scanning ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with Michael Coe, a senior scientist and tropical forest ...

A first-of-its-kind toolkit aimed at winning legal rights for trees, woodlands and forests in the UK, has been launched by the Environmental Justice Law Clinic.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pexels The climate plans that countries have submitted to the U.N. will do too little to protect the world’s forests and their ...

The “21-inch rule” protects trees that are 21 inches in diameter or larger at breast height on six national forests east of the Cascade Mountains crest in Oregon and Washington. It was implemented in ...

Bangladesh is making a list of sacred forests, aged trees and other socially important flora in a bid to strengthen forest conservation. The need for conservation of these fragmented forest patches ...