Venture to Japan with Gulnaz, where global warming is upending centuries-old Shinto and Buddhist traditions. As ancient shrines and temples face rising challenges, they also inspire new paths in ...

The Tennessee River and the surrounding mountains. A new U.S. Forest Service grant will pay for a new state forest in Tennessee. The U.S. government is investing $265 million in 17 states to save ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new analysis finds that tropical forests in 68 countries sit atop fossil fuel deposits that, if extracted, would emit 317 billion metric tons of ...

SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, Dominican Republic (AP) – An elusive songbird that wings its way each year from austere mountaintops of the northeastern U.S. to the steamy forests of the Caribbean has ...

ROME — The United States and much of Europe have reversed years of deforestation and are showing a net increase in wooded areas, while most developing countries continue to cut down their trees, a U.N ...

Upon being sworn in last January, Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Dave Upthegrove announced a pause on harvesting certain structurally complex mature state forests. Scott F McGee ...

Traipsing through entire clearings of trees may sound like it does more harm than good, but every time elephants pluck their favorite fruit and trample trees, they’re contributing to a cleaner ...

A total of seven western states and four Canadian provinces have joined forces in a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions. An entire new source of long-term revenue is available to British Columbia’s ...

I’ve been to Pemba, and if you’ve ever stood beneath the Ngezi trees, you know how alive that forest feels. So when scientists called for the relocation of the Pemba hotel project, many of us who love ...

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NAIROBI, KENYA: At only 6.99 per cent of its territory, Kenya has a relatively low forest cover. Article 69 of Kenya's Constitution establishes that, "the State shall work to achieve and maintain a ...