Forests Archives

Environment

If Current Deforestation Rates Continue, Haiti May Lose Its Forests Within Two Decades

Haiti's deforestation is largely driven by small-scale farming and charcoal production, which involves harvesting wood and heating it to remove water and volatile compounds.

Carinya Sharples & Morgan Erickson-Davis

Environment

Measuring the Ecological Impact of Losing Forest Elephants

A new study looks at the damage that would occur to flora and fauna if forest elephant populations continue to decline.

Emily Clark

Police forces invade the Hambach Forest to evict activists protesting the expansion of an adjacent open-pit coal mine on September 13th, 2018, near Julich, Germany. The anti-coal activists have been living in tree houses in the forest in an effort to prevent German utility RWE from clearing the last 250 acres of forest.

German Police Evict Anti-Coal Activists From a 12,000-Year-Old Forest (in Photos)

The protesters have occupied a community of tree houses for six years to oppose a nearby coal mine.

Emily Moon

Environment

Measuring the Carbon Dioxide Capturing Prowess of Urban Forests

New research shows that even temperate forests in cities may be able to sequester nearly as much carbon as a similarly sized area of rainforest.

Morgan Erickson-Davis

Environment

The Importance of Keeping Forests Intact

A recent study illustrates why humans need to step up their efforts to save the world's forests.

Morgan Erickson-Davis

A Rohingya boy chopping wood from a tree stump he freed from soil near Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh.

Environment

Bangladesh’s Forests: A Point of Tension and Connection Between Incoming Rohingya and Locals

As hundreds of thousands of Myanmar muslims seek safety in the country, they have little choice but to overburden the jungles on which their livelihoods depend.

Kaamil Ahmed

Trees burn in Toro Canyon, California, on December 12th, 2017.

Environment

Frequent Fires Can Irreparably Harm Even the Most Resilient Ecosystems

Fires can be rejuvenating for some ecosystems. But as wildfires increase in frequency and severity, those ecosystems could see could their soil fertility and carbon capture depleted.

Kate Wheeling