This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Beyond timber, forests sustain entire economies as roughly 5.8 billion people depend on ...

Wildfires, storms, and bark beetles are putting increasing pressure on Europe's forests. Beyond their ecological toll, these events also carry major economic consequences. Researchers at the Technical ...

In the fight against climate change, tree planting as a natural climate solution is a popular policy and land-use initiative among governmental and conservation organizations. Trees provide additional ...

For more than 25 years, ecologists have been desperately trying to prove the economic worth of the world’s ecosystems, hoping that a markets-based approach would slow the destruction of the natural ...

The vital role forests play in providing habitat for biodiversity, storing carbon and supporting cultures also buttresses global society economically and socially, according to a new report by authors ...

Progress in protecting the world’s forests—and the people who rely on them—is at risk due to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the escalating climate and biodiversity crises, ...

Forests are disappearing at an alarming rate of 10 million hectares each year and about 12% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to deforestation and forest degradation. But nature ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. As the world celebrates International Day of Forests on March ...

Forests are a key source of added-value public goods, such as timber. The benefits of forests, however, go beyond marketable produce and include environmental services, such as climate change ...