Forests Issues & Threats - Greenpeace USA
Half of the world’s forests have already disappeared, and only 20 percent of what remains is intact. As it stands, the world loses more than 23 million acres of forest area every year. The window of opportunity to reverse deforestation and protect the world’s remaining intact forests is shrinking — and fast.
Decades of mismanagement led to choked forests — now it's time …
Oct. 18, 2020, 3:38 PM UTC. By Alicia Victoria Lozano. The Western United States is enduring yet another devastating fire year, with more than 4.1 million acres already scorched in California...
Forest Pulse: The Latest on the World’s Forests
2024年4月4日 · The World Resources Institute (WRI) provides data and analysis on the latest trends in global forest loss and deforestation. Learn how Brazil, Colombia and other countries are reducing or increasing forest loss, and why forests are …
Tree-Killing Pests Across the United States Are Increasing the Th
2021年10月19日 · A study shows that insects and diseases damage and kill trees across the U.S., reducing forests' ability to capture and store carbon dioxide. Learn how The Nature Conservancy works to prevent, control and mitigate the impacts of invasive species on forests and natural climate solutions.
Forestry - Latest research and news - Nature
3 天之前 · Forestry is the study and practice of the cultivation and management of woodland. Forests provide goods and services such as timber, recreation and carbon sequestration. Latest Research and...
Inside the global effort to save the world’s forests - UNEP
Learn how UNEP and its partners are working to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, and how forests are essential for climate change and biodiversity. See examples of successful initiatives in Vietnam, Nigeria, Mongolia and Colombia.
Explainer: Five issues facing forests
2024年6月10日 · The effects of climate change are threatening forest health globally. Shifting temperatures and increasingly frequent extreme events like fire, floods, and droughts are damaging forest ecosystems, sometimes indelibly. Meanwhile, forest pests and pathogens are finding new homes, in many cases expanding their ranges as conditions change.
5 ways sustainable forestry can support climate action and …
2024年4月23日 · Sustainable forestry can catalyze climate action through reforestation and sustainable management of working forests. By increasing demand for sustainably produced forest products, we can incentivize reforestation on a meaningful scale.
World’s forests under threat from economic and environmental …
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 and Forestry - The New York Times
News about Forests and Forestry, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.