If you liked this story, share it with other people. Pedro Brancalion is used to the roar of chainsaws. For years, he’s heard loggers tearing down rainforest giants in the Brazilian Amazon, and ...

The spread of destructive wildfires in forests could lead to wood and paper shortages, scientists have warned. A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience reported that as wildfires become ...

Industrial forests, packed with evenly spaced trees, face nearly 50% higher odds of megafires than public lands. A lidar-powered study of California’s Sierra Nevada reveals how dense plantations feed ...

Housing a growing population in homes made out of wood instead of conventional steel and concrete could avoid more than 100 billion tons of emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2 until 2100, a new study ...

President Trump issued executive orders to increase timber production on federal lands and address wood product imports. The timber industry supports the orders, while environmental groups oppose them ...

The Trump administration’s executive orders calling for the “immediate expansion” of timber production on federal lands appear poised to kick off a new chapter in how Oregon’s vast forests are managed ...