Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An old-growth forest of noble fir trees at Marys Peak in Oregon's Coast Range. Beverly Law, CC BY-ND Mature and old-growth forests ...

In terms of area, forest is the most important means of avalanche protection. It is also the most cost-effective and is naturally renewable. This insight hit home after the winter of 1951, when over 1 ...

Soils surrounding large, ancient alerce trees in Chile accumulate a disproportionately high diversity of fungi, which help store more carbon and make the entire forest healthier, suggesting that ...

Ancient alerce trees may shelter entire underground ecosystems, with vast fungal networks helping forests cycle nutrients and store carbon.

A study has found that worldwide protected forests have an additional 9.65 billion metric tons of carbon stored in their above-ground biomass compared to ecologically similar unprotected areas. A ...

Discussions at the Forum will take into account the 2017 theme of the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), ‘Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing World ...

Through the Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) for the north central region, hundreds of billions of dong have been allocated, helping link forest conservation with sustainable livelihoods ...

By Sarah Derouin The forests of the world are teeming with life, from the towering trees down to the microscopic organisms that quietly recycle and refuel the soil. That’s why clearing forests leads ...

Thousands of Lancaster County residents year-round disperse into Pennsylvania’s 2.2 million acres of state forestland to hike, backpack, hunt from camps, fish, ride all-terrain vehicles, see elk bugle ...

(THE CONVERSATION) — Forests are an essential part of Earth’s operating system. They reduce the buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and ...

The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny wild cats called kodkods, and curly vines of waxy red bellflowers. Towering ...