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Forests United States Europe North America Data Insights
Forests
North America
Insights
March 3, 2021

The Upstream Battle to Protect Drinking Water in North Carolina

  • Water
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • United States
A small lake with trees in the background in North Carolina's Triangle region
  • Water
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • United States
Forests
North America
Insights
October 22, 2020

Bringing New Life to Fallen Urban Trees

  • circular economy
  • Economics
  • health
  • restoration
  • illegal logging
  • Climate
A pile of logs in a forest.
  • circular economy
  • Economics
  • health
  • restoration
  • illegal logging
  • Climate
Forests
North America
Insights
July 24, 2020

Brooklyn Bridge Could Be a Landmark for Forest Conservation

  • Cities
  • Forests
Rendering of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Forest
  • Cities
  • Forests
Forests
North America
Insights
April 6, 2020

Want to Help the US Economy? Rethink the Trillion Trees Act

  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • coronavirus
  • climate policy
  • restoration
  • United States
Planting trees with Nature Conservancy
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • coronavirus
  • climate policy
  • restoration
  • United States
Climate
North America
Insights
February 12, 2020

How and Where to Plant 60 Billion Trees in the US

  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • restoration
  • United States
U.S. Forest Service ranger walking in a timber area in Pisgah National Forest
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • restoration
  • United States
Forests
North America
Insights
August 19, 2019

Hundreds of US Communities Are Making Climate Action Plans, but Few Include Forests

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • Forests
Angeles National Forest
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • Forests
Water
North America
Insights
November 1, 2018

Investors Think They Can Make Money Reducing Wildfire Risk. A Forest Restoration Project in Yuba, CA Puts this Idea into Practice.

  • Finance
  • fires
  • restoration
  • Forests
  • United States
  • Water
Learning about forest resilience with rangers. Photo: Leah Schleifer
  • Finance
  • fires
  • restoration
  • Forests
  • United States
  • Water
Forests
North America
Insights
June 11, 2018

DNA Testing Can Save Trees from Illegal Logging – and You Can Help

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Moss-covered bigleaf maple trees in the Hoh Rainforest
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Forests
Asia Latin America North America
Insights
May 14, 2018

Forests Could Be Casualties in a U.S.-China Trade War

  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Soybean harvesting in Caroline County, Md.
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Forests
North America
Insights
October 17, 2017

California’s Wine Country Wildfires Are Among the Worst on Record

  • Forests
  • fires
  • global forest watch
flight deck of the MAFFS 6
  • Forests
  • fires
  • global forest watch
Forests
North America
Insights
September 18, 2017

As Wildfires Scorch U.S. Forests, Forest Resilience Bond Blazes a New Trail

  • fires
  • restoration
  • Water
Firefighter in Arizona.
  • fires
  • restoration
  • Water
Forests
Latin America North America
Insights
July 17, 2017

Global Tree Cover Loss Remains High. Emerging Patterns Reveal Shifting Contributors.

  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
Aguaje trees in Peru.
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
Forests
North America
Insights
May 16, 2017

When Improving America’s Infrastructure, Don’t Forget Forests

  • Water
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Watershed
  • Water
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Forests
North America
Insights
October 27, 2016

U.S. Cities Go to the Source to Protect Drinking Water

  • Water
  • U.S. policy
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
Many communities in the U.S. West depend on such sources for drinking water. Photo by Kara DiFrancesco.
  • Water
  • U.S. policy
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
Forests
North America
Insights
September 15, 2016

Building a Sustainable Guitar: Maple

  • building a sustainable guitar
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Bigleaf maple forest.
  • building a sustainable guitar
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Forests
Europe Asia North America
Insights
March 21, 2016

3 Cities Taking Urban Forestry to the Next Level

  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Forests
  • Urban Development
Cherry blossoms in Washington, DC park
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Forests
  • Urban Development
Forests
North America
Insights
January 20, 2016

Zooming In: The Real Reasons for Tree Cover Loss and Gain in Minnesota’s Oak Savanna

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • restoration
Oak trees in Minnesota.
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • restoration
Forests
North America
Insights
November 9, 2015

3 Trends in US Wildfires

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • United States
Fire northwest of Fairbanks, AK. Photo by USFS/Flickr
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • United States
Forests
North America
Insights
August 19, 2015

Northwest Lumber Mill First to Be Indicted on US Domestic Lacey Act Charges

  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • illegal logging
J&L Tonewoods was charged with purchasing illegal big leaf maple, violating the Lacey Act. Photo by Washington DNR/Flickr
  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • illegal logging

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