Large scale destruction of trees—deforestation—affects ecosystems, climate, and even increases risk for zoonotic diseases spreading to humans. A logger takes down a large tree at the Tuxekan ...

Replanting forests can cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if ...

there shouldn’t be any deforestation in this area,” Pereira said. Researchers discovered the Amazon’s tallest tree in September this year. Standing at 88.5 meters (290 feet) high ...

Although it doesn’t necessarily lead to permanent tree loss, forest degradation is an even greater problem than deforestation and just as harmful to indigenous life. Moreover, there’s a direct ...

The current price applied to a forest’s carbon-absorbing benefits is set far too low to convince those cutting down trees to stop ... the perceived benefits of deforestation, which might ...

A recent biodiversity meeting acknowledged the serious problem of deforestation while a new report on global environmental threats to trees offered a startling estimate. At a noisy press ...

He said that the Palmyra tree, despite its importance and significance, has been neglected. The number of trees have also gone down in the State. The people have not understood its true value.