Rapid deforestation due to expanding agriculture, logging, population centers, and other factors has been making headlines around the world for decades. Luckily, forests still cover more than 30 ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The world’s ...

Forests are key to mitigating climate change through carbon absorption. Research supports forest management, like reforestation, for carbon sequestration. Yet, the impact of managed forests on soil ...

After devastating fires turned their forest into a moonscape, members of the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu found evidence of ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Beyond timber, forests sustain entire economies as roughly 5.8 billion people depend on ...

New research suggests high-severity wildfires are overtaking California's forests and killing some of the world's oldest trees. Reading time 3 minutes In 2020 and 2021, California suffered three ...

The world’s forests are losing their big, old trees, rendering those forests shorter and younger on average, according to new research. These old growth trees, which provide vital habitat for wildlife ...

The world is falling behind on commitments to protect and restore forests, according to the recent Forest Declaration Assessment. There is no serious pathway to fixing climate change while forest ...

When the boreal forests of Canada catch on fire, no one can do anything about it in many cases. The forests are part of Earth ...