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Incentives have so far benefited large landowners and created lifeless plantations.
We argue for an orderly transition from ‘timber mining’ to managed forestry in the tropics. Here’s a five-step plan to improve forest fates, with benefits for the climate, biodiversity and people.
Satellite data shows wildfires are destroying large areas of timber-producing forests around the world. These fires are becoming more destructive with each passing year.
Some boreal plant species are classified — and treated — as weeds, affecting Indigenous communities’ access to important cultural, medicinal and ceremonial resources.
The Kenyan state has historically viewed forests in terms of production and economic development – not biodiversity and conservation.
Timber parks, where the paperwork for loads of timber is inspected, can help stem the financial losses from illegal exports.
Butterflies are sentinel species – their interactions with landscapes help scientists understand other insects better.
Illegal logging entrenches systemic corruption, undermines accountability in governance, and finances insecurity.
If you’re holding off on renovating until next year expecting prices to calm down, odds are you will be disappointed.
Engineered wood is a sustainable alternative to cement and steel in construction.
Building or renovating your home? For some types of timber you may be waiting into 2023. So what’s behind the hold-up? And when might it get better?
Directing public funds to native forest logging is bad for the economy, the climate and biodiversity, and will increase bushfire risk.
A review of Australia’s illegal logging laws tests the Morrison government’s commitment to halting global forest loss.
About 60% of Mexico’s forests are managed by local communities. A scholar who has studied the forests for 30 years explains how this system protects the forests and the people who oversee them.
A staggering 17,500 tree species are at risk of dying out.
Observations collected since the 1980s in the Amazon, Central Africa and Southeast Asia show we are not giving tropical forests enough time to recover after logging.
Biological control strategies curb pests using other species that attack the invader. A biologist explains why it can take more than a decade to develop an effective biological control program.
Native deciduous trees are rare in Australia, which means many of the red, yellow and brown leaves we associate with autumn come from introduced species.
Silky oaks, or Grevillea robusta, are in bloom. These hardy, attractive trees light up the sky in late spring – but handle with care.
Top contributors
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Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Change, University of Leeds
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Professor in Conservation Ecology, Bournemouth University
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Senior Research Fellow in Ecology, Griffith University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Director, The Wood Studio, Institute for Sustainable Construction, Edinburgh Napier University
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Assistant Professor, University of Idaho
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Contract Faculty, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University; SEDRD Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph
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Postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Universidade de Lisboa
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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Professor of Forest Sciences, Bangor University
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Director, Griffith Climate Action Beacon, Griffith University
