The United States should immediately move to create a collection of strategic forest reserves in the Western U.S. to fight climate change and safeguard biodiversity, according to a scientific ...

More than 200 forest ecologists and top climate scientists, including Jim Hansen and Michael Mann, have written the Biden administration urging it to quickly move forward on the president’s commitment ...

The Biden administration’s recent announcement of the 30 by 30 conservation initiative was a welcome ray of light in the dark of winter. The goal is to have 30% of America’s lands “protected” by 2030.

New research shows that protected forests with dense canopies are warming more slowly than nearby forests without protection, which buffers plant and animals living near the ground from global warming ...

The protection and restoration of forests has major implications for the world’s climate, biodiversity and economic and societal development. But high-level commitments — such as those made by 141 ...

A study has found that worldwide protected forests have an additional 9.65 billion metric tons of carbon stored in their above-ground biomass compared to ecologically similar unprotected areas. A ...

The programme, organised by the Forest Department in a remote forest village of Koderma, saw participants tying sacred threads to trees after performing rituals at a forest altar ...

Similar offences in protected forests carry penalties of up to five years' imprisonment and fines of up to Rs1 million.

Puttaparthi: District Collector A Shyam Prasad called for coordinated efforts from all departments to prevent forest fires in ...

Eight killed, thousands evacuated, swathes of southwest burnt Report shows negligible spending on forest fire protection Opposition has slammed preparations, firefighting effort Turkey has scrambled ...

Indigenous lands account for 36 percent of protected forests in Peru. In total, 42.6 percent of Peru’s forest fall under some sort of protection, and the new biodiversity maps highlight forest types ...