#Forests

The Saamaka people in Suriname are using modern technology to map their ancestral lands.

As COP17 and COP31 convene, renewed leadership, investment, and collaboration are needed to turn existing commitments into meaningful action to conserve and restore the world’s forests.

The presence of non-native trees is often seen as an obstacle to the recovery of tropical forests regrowing in previously deforested areas. To better understand the behavior of these plants over time in both humid and dry forests, researchers from…

Explore Forest Typology (ForTy) 2020: a global 10-meter map categorizing Earth's land into six distinct forest and land-use types, plus an annual time series.

In this installment of "What on Earth?" we explore the importance of "natural climate solutions" — and why nature has a p.r. problem.

Editor’s note: “Heal our planet, protect our future”: six words driving a global movement to protect nature. Conservation International and our supporters are meeting the moment in an ambitious new campaign.…

At one time, kelp forests — which shelter fish, slow erosion, and sequester carbon — grew along a third of the world’s coastlines. Now, scientists are working to bolster heat-stressed kelp by attacking the urchins that prey on them and transplanting…

Students at a North Seattle school are turning a patch of artificial lawn into a Miyawaki forest. As the trees and plants grow, so will the lessons and benefits.

From Audubon RSS Feed: The Good Neighbor Authority—The Most Important Forest Management Tool You’ve Probably Never Heard of

The soils of "managed forests" can take decades to rebuild the carbon stocks and microbial communities found in undisturbed forests.

From Vice RSS Feed: An Antelope So Rare It’s Called the ‘Ghost of the Forest’ Is Being Saved From Extinction. Here’s How.

New research suggests mangroves remove 960,000 tons per year of nitrogen from global water systems, a figure that could rise to more than 5.5 million tons annually if conditions were optimal for the plants.

The South American country, west of Brazil, is losing tropical primary forest at a rapid clip. Cattle ranching and soybean production are the main drivers, threatening a biodiversity hotspot.

From Audubon RSS Feed: Audubon Center at Riverlands: A Hemispheric Crossroads for Bird Migration and Bottomland Forest Conservation

From Dev.to - cloud: 🌲 Building Smart Forests: How Technology is Powering the Future of Sustainable Ecosystems Introduction

The Miyawaki method of reforestation inserts small, densely packed wild acreage into urban environs. It’s proving wildly successful.

From Latest articles | smithsonianmag.com: These 15 Majestic Photographs Showcase the Beauty of the Great Lakes and Will Make You Fall in Love With the Natural Wonders

To mark the first anniversary of the European Space Agency’s Biomass satellite, we present a selection of striking images captured over the past 12 months, revealing Earth’s forests, and much more, in new detail.…