In a eucalyptus plantation in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in southern India, abandoned for nearly 40 years and allowed to regenerate, researchers found that the number of tree species ...

It’s well-known that forest clear-cuts adversely affect stream flows in multiple ways, such as by increasing surface temperatures, damaging water absorbing organisms and causing faster runoffs. Not so ...

A recent surge of large-scale land concessions for plantation agriculture is creating environmental and social problems across the Dry Forests and Greater Annamites areas of Cambodia and Lao PDR.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indonesia has reported a second straight year of declining deforestation, and credited more stringent land management policies for the trend.

The ecological impacts of forest plantations are a focus of intense debate, from studies that consider plantations as "biological deserts" to studies showing positive effects on plant diversity and ...

Genuine cultivators should not be made to fight a prolonged battle to vindicate rights that are apparent from the public ...

Seeds from native local trees were collected from the Macedon Regional Park in July 2023 to ensure the new forest is created ...

Wildfires show no respect for property lines, but a new analysis of the 2013 Douglas Complex fire in southwestern Oregon concludes that young plantation forests managed by industrial owners ...

JAKARTA — Indonesia has launched a sweeping and militarized crackdown on illegal forest use, reclaiming millions of hectares of land — but civil society groups warn the campaign is displacing ...