Topic: deforestation

As a result of rapid development over the last 40 years, the vast majority of land in the southern U.S. has been in some way impacted by humans.

Expanding agriculture onto already degraded lands could relieve pressure on the world’s remaining forests.

Enabling tropical countries to boost their economies and feed global populations whi

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Tests detect potentially illegal wood in paper. Here are some tips to manage risk.

With the price of timber declining, hundreds of thousands of private woodland owners across the South are struggling with balance sheets in the red.

Common data and clear definitions will enable the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and REDD+ policy-makers to achieve a shared goal: sustainable oil palm expansion on degraded land in Indonesia.

To celebrate biodiversity, look no further than the forests of the Southern United States.

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Enforcement of the amended Lacey Act has begun, both on and off the public radar. Here are tips on how to remain in compliance.

CAR government and people will now be able to track and monitor the country’s forests and logging concessions.

A new WRI project will quantify forest degradation and associated greenhouse gas emissions in the forests of the Republic of Congo.

New maps from SeeSouthernForests.org show the scale of forest loss from surface mining in Appalachia.