A Town in Quebec Is the First Governing Body to Adopt the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Trees
The small town of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Quebec, was carved out of the forest about 75 years ago. But until…
Opinion | The Forests of the American West Are in Danger
In much of the Southwest, the ponderosa pine is the one and only truly big tree, thriving in…
New Study Shows Risks of Amazon Deforestation. And Rewards of Protection.
If deforestation and global warming continue unchecked, the Amazon rainforest could begin a gradual transition to a degraded,…
Rainforests Can Bounce Back Much Faster Than Thought, Researchers Say
Scientists once thought it would take a century or more for animals to return to deforested land in…