By Aida Greenbury In general, plantation companies view local communities and smallholders as obstacles to expanding operations and to securing social licenses. In deforestation-free supply chains, ...

The new Global Forest Goals Report 2026, launching this month, will reveal just how much ground we've lost and what it will take to turn the tide before 2030. We spoke with UN DESA’s expert Shyam ...

A major analysis led by the University of Cambridge has found that many REDD+ projects achieved meaningful reductions in forest loss—offering real environmental benefits. This is despite the study ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sept. 18, 2025 — As New York works to meet its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Climate & Applied Forest Research Institute (CAFRI) at the SUNY College of ...

As it prepares to host the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 30, the first COP to be held in the Amazon) in November 2025, Brazil ...

On a foggy winter day by the banks of the South Mills River near Brevard, North Carolina, outdoor guide Heath Cartee kicked at a bit of loose dirt and watched it fall into the frigid water. “They ...

Forests increasingly face pressures and risks such as pests, pollution and forest fires, all of which are aggravated by climate change. The EU aims to ensure that these precious ecosystems are ...

Thousands of Lancaster County residents year-round disperse into Pennsylvania’s 2.2 million acres of state forestland to hike, backpack, hunt from camps, fish, ride all-terrain vehicles, see elk bugle ...

Despite the challenges, carbon markets remain one of the few mechanisms to protect tropical forests - while giving organisations and individuals the chance to compensate for their emissions. A major ...