More than 400 residents, police officers and forest rangers worked through the night to extinguish a forest fire in Tan Chau ...

Olesinski said there are ways in which the mountain pine beetle can play a useful ecological role. For instance, it attacks weakened trees and trees seriously affected by drought.

VietNamNet Bridge - Pine trees in Gia Lai Province are pierced with holes so they will die slowly. Then the trees are cut down to clear land for growing pepper and lemon. Hundreds of 30-year old pine ...

The pine trees, about 700 years old, have always been a part of Yen Tu, a complex of temples, small pagodas, towers, ancient forests and beautiful landscapes, considered the cradle of Vietnamese ...

Though mountain pine beetles are just a few mm long, they can fell huge trees. In addition to attacking trees, they often carry the blue stain fungus, which weakens pine trees and decreases their ...