For the last 25 years, 58 million acres of American forest have had no new roads, no logging equipment, and no reason to appear on anyone’s industrial map. This year that is changing — and much faster ...

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest. Developed by the University of Sheffield, the technology uses satellite ...

The United States has announced sweeping changes to encourage more logging in the country's national forests. A new emergency order requires rolling back environmental protections on almost 60% of the ...

After almost 60 years, scientists have been able to prove an influential theory that wet eucalypt forest regrowth is more ...

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face deforestation. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Preventing illegal road building could ...

An agreement announced today will make 85 percent of the Great Bear Rainforest, one of the largest old-growth temperate rainforests left in the world, off-limits to industrial logging. The remaining ...

Tropical forests face a number of emerging threats said a leading biologist speaking at a scientific conference in Paramaribo, Suriname. William F. Laurance, a researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical ...