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United States Sens. Mazie K. Hirono and Brian Schatz and U.S. Reps. Ed Case and Kai Kahele have introduced legislation that directs the U.S.
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In light of the United Nations (UN) declaration that 2021-2030 is the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a group of scientists is voicing concerns about restoration in heavily fragmented landscapes under a hotter and drier future scenario.
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Forest ecosystems are the place we find most of the Earth’s terrestrial biodiversity, including many unique species.
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New research from Madagascar shows that young scrubby forests can in some ways be better at retaining water than older mature forests. They provide similar benefits in preventing runoff but use up lesser water, according to a recently published paper in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
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Trial trainings this month on the offline map application called AVENZA with Live & Learn Vanuatu staff is intended to assist Vanuatu forest rangers in monitoring forest degradation, restoration projects and the natural ecosystem.
Tropical mammal functional diversity increases with productivity but decreases with anthropogenic disturbance
A variety of factors can affect the biodiversity of tropical mammal communities, but their relative importance and directionality remain uncertain. Previous global investigations of mammal functional diversity have relied on range maps instead of observational data to determine community composition.
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A vast redwood forest located 80 miles north of San Francisco and sprawling nearly as large as Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains has received permanent protection under a deal between a Bay Area environmental group and the property's longtime owners...The 14,838-acre prope
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The vital role of Vanuatu’s rich forest in sustaining livelihoods and the need to keep traditional plant knowledge and practices alive to inspire new generation to keep forests sustainable was captured in a documentary released recently...
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New research from West Virginia University biologists shows that trees around the world are consuming more carbon dioxide than previously reported, making forests even more important in regulating the Earth's atmosphere and forever shift how we think about climate change.
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A Memorandum of Understanding which was signed today will strengthen the Ministry of Forestry’s efforts in safeguarding Fiji’s forest cover estimated at approximately 1.1 million or 60 percent of the country’s total land area.