The participation of local communities and other stakeholders in managing forestry and conservation projects can help to ...

Bamboo, palm, and banana trees look and act like trees, but are actually closer to grasses in how they grow because—unlike ...

The announcement came during the 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves in Hangzhou, China, where UNESCO unveiled 26 new ...

In theory, stopping the deforestation of the Amazon is among the cheapest ways of curbing global warming. Brazil’s “Legal ...

The world’s forests tell two stories at once. Even as chainsaws advance, new trees are rising in their wake. More than 11 ...

Researchers say the finding provides new insights into the history of Asia’s rainforests. For the first time, researchers have uncovered fossil remains belonging to a tropical tree species that still ...

With healthy populations of animals that disperse seeds, tropical forests can absorb up to four times more carbon.

The vast tropical forest nations of Brazil and Indonesia are both home to millions of people, including Indigenous ...

Tropical dry forests (TDFs) are among the most threatened yet least studied ecosystems worldwide. Characterized by seasonal droughts, deciduous vegetation, ...

The woody biomass of Australia’s tropical rainforests has already switched from carbon sink to carbon source – and the reason is climate change.

Four years after a global pledge to end deforestation, the amount of money going toward conserving and restoring forests is ...