Growing timber exports and rising interest in biofuels are raising concerns that deforestation could accelerate in the South American country of Guyana. Guyana is a small, lightly populated country on ...

Every year the world loses an estimated 25 million acres (10 million hectares) of forest, an area larger than the state of Indiana. Nearly all of it is in the tropics. Tropical forests store enormous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gabon is betting that careful logging can safeguard the vast wealth of its forests MAYUMBA, Gabon (Reuters) -With its oil reserves ...

HANOVER, N.H. - New research by a Dartmouth scientist and her colleagues shows that policies aimed at protecting tropical forests in the Congo Basin may unexpectedly lead to increased deforestation ...

A Sustainable Forest Management Plan (SFMP) is essential for companies logging in the Amazon to promote the appropriate use of forest resources. However, some plans can be used to hide environmental ...

Mass land clearings and logging — both legal and illegal — in Nigeria have contributed to the significant deforestation of rainforests and woodlands across the country and the African continent as a ...

The planet lost more than 1 billion acres of forest between 1960 and 2019, according to a new study published this week in the journal Environmental Research Letters. This deforestation happened ...

Not all alternative energy is good and green, especially in Malaysia and Indonesia, where 87 percent of the world's palm oil is produced. The logging and conversion to palm oil plantations for ...

Deforestation harms the planet and humans in many ways. Trees play a major role in the global effort to slow the pace of climate change, preserve wildlife, and support more than eight billion people.

Policies aimed at protecting tropical forests in the Congo Basin may unexpectedly lead to increased deforestation and timber production, a new report suggests. New research by a Dartmouth scientist ...