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 ...

Illegal logging and the clearing of land for farming and palm oil cultivation are causing widespread devastation and deforestation across rainforests, particularly in Borneo and the Amazon.

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 ...

In South America, home to the world's greatest diversity of trees, deforestation for agriculture and livestock is the main threat. This is particularly the case in Colombia, where 45% of endemic ...