A new study found that in the Eaton and Palisades fires, homes that had already adopted proposed regulations on creating vegetation-free buffers were less likely to burn.

Deregulation is Not the Solution for Clean Energy

We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer

Bureaucratic delays and funding shortages stall plans to carve out a forest reserve for the uncontacted Indigenous group on the southern fringe of the Brazilian Amazon

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Idaho is planning to work with the U.S. Forest Service to significantly boost logging and timber sales from National Forest trees.

The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) population has plummeted by 80% to 95% since the 1990s, depending on the region and monitoring method. A major cause of the species’ decline is deforestation…

A new study suggests that the Zambezi River, Africa’s fourth-longest, is 11% longer than previously thought, with its most distant source lying in Angola, not Zambia. While the finding leaves the…

The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...

The Family Forest Carbon Program pays landowners not to timber their trees, then sells the additional growth as carbon credits. But critics question whether it leads to overall emissions reductions.

Addressing deforestation is key for maintaining supply chain and business resilience, complying with regulations, and meeting stakeholder expectations. Transforming agricultural and forestry supply chains requires collective action. The Accountability Framework offers an integrated approach to address deforestation and associated environmental...

For indigenous communities, the forest is more than a home or a source of sustenance: it is a realm of reverence, reciprocity and deep belonging. The forest is not a resource to be plundered; it is an ancestral guardian that...

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The deadly flooding that has killed hundreds in Indonesia was largely the result of monsoon rains and a rare tropical storm. But something else may have played a role: deforestation.

Join Danny Manning and Beth Rose Middleton Manning to discuss the return of cultural and Indigenous-led prescribed burning

After devastating fires in 1939, authorities began burning forests to reduce fuel load. But we now know this creates conditions for even worse fires.

Outside analysis of Forest Service data is being circulated by Democrats finding the Trump administration lagging on forest management.

The August 2023 wildfires, 10 km from Fort Smith, NWT/Jason Johnson

One small Indigenous territory is currently the site of roughly 70% of deforestation in Indigenous territories across the Brazilian Amazon due to illegal mining over the last two years, according to…

Out today: The rubber stamping of grazing permits on western public lands is leading to mass degradation, species endangerment and worsening wildfire risk. https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing...

Olegario Sánchez Pinto, 74, wakes up at 7 a.m. every day to complete all the tasks he must perform as a member of the Indigenous guard in the Colombian community of San Martín de Amacayacu. He begins…

Walk through the conference centre where the recent UN climate talks were held and representations of Indigenous people and culture were everywhere, from the spear-carrying, fiery-headed Cop30 mascot Curupira to huge mural-sized photos of people navigating the Amazon in dugout...

The alleged meeting fears the public and environmentalists it might involve the Mighty Five.

Authorities say bird flu poses a low risk to people right now, but in animals — both wild and domestic — it's causing global devastation. If left uncontrolled, it could also mutate into something far worse for humans. Despite the...

The two-lane Interoceanic Highway climbs from the humid flatlands of Peru’s Amazon rainforest upward toward the famed Incan city of Cuzco. Along the way, it serpentines across rivers, through clouds, past rocky hillsides stippled with grazing llamas and alpacas. The...

Indigenous Dayak communities report wildlife encroaching into villages, land grabbing, and loss of cultural and livelihood resources as a palm oil company begins clearing forests on their customary lands — in some cases without consent or even prior notification. PT...

Earth’s green engine runs on carbon and nitrogen. Elevated CO2 can turbocharge plant growth and pull more carbon from the air, but only if ecosystems can access enough usable nitrogen. A new study argues that many climate models have been...

Explore the four major types of forests around the world—tropical, boreal, temperate, and subtropical—and how they are managed today.

Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10% of permit holders.

Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown

Decreasing landscape carbon storage in western US forests with 2 °C of warming, Hurteau, Matthew D, Jung, Chang Gyo, Francis, Emily J, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Littlefield, Caitlin E, Parks, Sean A

As blazes expand to higher elevations, the impacts cascade downstream.

Scientists have typically pointed to habitat loss as the key factor behind the worldwide drop in bird populations worldwide, but climate change poses a second, closely linked threat.

As winter closes in across much of North America, migratory birds are heading south to warmer climes and more abundant food. But until recently, scientists didn’t have a good understanding of exactly…