A new study published in Nature Communications has found that 17.31% of tropical tree cover—an area spanning 395.9 million ...

On this World Rainforest Day—launched in 2017 to highlight the critical role of these ecosystems—the message is urgent. The world’s rainforests are nearing a tipping point.

At the world’s first global congress of Indigenous peoples and local communities from forest basins, representatives began preparations to increase direct finance to community forest conservation — ...

Improving forest management: ‘Forest management’ participants – including timber producers in the Congo Basin, Interholco and CBG, and agroforestry organizations in the Peruvian Amazon, including ...

ESA’s Biomass satellite reveals hidden carbon, forests, and terrain using advanced radar that sees through trees, sand, and ...

Alaska's Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the U.S. and the largest temperate forest in the world. Here's what you need to know before you go.

This massive achievement secures protection and sends a signal to the world that protecting nature is happening ...

In the heart of Africa's most remote rainforest lies Dzanga Bai, a forest clearing where shy, elusive elephants gather in astonishing numbers. It is a place so wild and untouched, it's been called the ...

The World Bank Group supports countries in their efforts to harness the potential of forests and terrestrial ecosystems to reduce poverty, contribute to economic growth, and protect and strengthen the ...

New images from ESA's Biomass satellite reveal forests, volcanoes, deserts and glaciers in striking detail, hinting at what's still to come.

one can draw a direct line between the creation of the United Nations and the prevention of a third world war.” There has been no such war — thus far. But conflicts still rage. They continue not only ...

But contained in every bite of this infuriating, insatiable pest is also a trove of social, environmental and epidemiological history. In many cases, human actions long ago are the reason ticks carry ...