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Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Gabriel Miret-Minard, Virgilio Hermoso, Lluís Brotons, Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita, José J. Lahoz-Monfort, Alejandra Morán-Ordoñez

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Luke E. Painter, Robert L. Beschta, William J. Ripple

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Jane R. Foster, Robert M. Scheller, Brian R. Sturtevant, Philip A. Townsend, Brian Miranda, David J. Mladenoff

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Kristen N. Wilson, Kristen L. Shive, John N. Williams, Malcolm P. North, Michelle Coppoletta, J. Nicholas Hendershot, Charlotte K. Stanley

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Paulo Henrique Muller Silva, Teotônio Francisco de Assis, Clayton Alcarde Alvares, Cristiane Aparecida Fioravante Reis, Guilherme Nichele da Rocha, David John Lee

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Bruno F.C.B. Adorno, Rafael Guimaraes Ramos, Milena Fiuza Diniz, Ederson Godoy, Bianca Dinis, Wellington Corrêa, Vinícius Munhoz Barbosa, Gabriela Rosa Batista, Augusto João Piratelli, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Érica Hasui

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Gilbert Kumilamba, Shujun Liu, Zhijie Wang, Jinghao Li, Jian Huang

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Peng Zhang, Ruosha Liu, Dongmei Wang, Dongli She, Xue Zhang, Wenjie Wen, Chengshu Wang, Qilin He

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Daniel Moreno-Fernández, Miren del Río, Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado, Isabel Cañellas

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Maike Vieira Drosdosky, Gabriela Cristina Costa Silva, Lucas Sérgio de Sousa Lopes, Evandro Ferreira da Silva, Deivison Venicio Souza, Helio Garcia Leite

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Peng Zhang, Guangze Jin

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Konica Bhandari, Gulab Singh

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Ao Wang, Mingchao Du, Chen Xu, Qiang Liu, Xianliang Zhang

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Lin Chen, Yu Liu

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Yue Gu, Zhijie Chen, Junhui Zhang, Shijie Han

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Dragan Matevski, Julia Imola Piko, Clemens Dönges, Andreas Schuldt

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Vanessa de Souza Moreno, Fabio A.R. Matos, Ricardo G. César, Gabriel D. Colleta, Elisa Díaz García, Robin L. Chazdon, Pedro H.S. Brancalion

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Ruizhu Jiang, Craig R. Nitschke, Raphael Trouvé, Jemma K. Cripps, Louise K. Durkin, Lindy F. Lumsden, Jenny L. Nelson, Michael P. Scroggie, Andrew P. Robinson, Patrick J. Baker

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Jônatas L. Gomes-da-Silva, Talita Câmara, Diego Centeno-Alvarado, Xavier Arnan, Inara R. Leal, Fernanda M.P. Oliveira

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Adrian Smolis, Krzysztof Zając, Katarzyna Tyszecka, Marcin Kadej

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Yihang Jiang, Na Liu, Jun Chen, Honglin Pan, Sophan Chhin, Jianguo Zhang, Weidong Zhang, Xiongqing Zhang

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Nikica Ogris, Ana Brglez, Andreja Kavčič, Janja Zajc Žunič, Maarten de Groot, Barbara Piškur

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Carla F.O. Pacheco, Rodolfo F. Costa, Antonio Elves B. Silva, Daniela Y. Gaurisas, Tiago O. Ferreira, Angelo F. Bernardino

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Alexandre Ferreira do Nascimento, Ingo Isernhagen, Jorge Lulu, Antonio Okada, Jussane Antunes Fogaça dos Antunes, Austeclínio Lopes de Farias Neto

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Yuanbei Liu, Yanxia Wang, Weihong Zeng, Wenqi Zhang, Ruliang Zhou

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Yumeng Jiang, Zheng Miao, Xuehan Zhao, Qianbei Li, Lihu Dong

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Leszek Bolibok, Wojciech Kędziora, Michał Brach, Roman Wójcik

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Shuiqiang Yu, Shizhou Ju, Rui Tan, Xiangfu Wang, Zi’ao Liang, Yu Li, Yuanhui Li, Weifeng Wang

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Michaella A. Ivey, Noah C. Weidig, Alan A. Ivory, Victoria M. Donovan

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): John Alexander Pulgarín Díaz, Markus Melin, Lauri Mehtätalo, Suraj Polade, Juha Aalto, Heli Peltola, Olli-Pekka Tikkanen

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Joseph John Anderson, Anne-Maarit Hekkala, Fredrik Widemo

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Soňa Svetlíková, Ján Svetlík, Denisa Slabejová, Mária Šibíková, Jozef Šibík, Ivan Jarolímek

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Robert A. Slesak, Scout M. Dahms-May, Timothy B. Harrington

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Yongwei Luo, Ao Liu, Bingqi Hu, Jinlian Liu, Qifeng Gong, Yan Lin, Jianqiang Rao, Shouzhong Li

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Tong-Liang Xu, Rao-Qiong Yang, Zaw Zaw, Shankar Panthi, Xin-Hua Peng, Ju-Mei Zhang, Pei-Li Fu, Ke-Yan Fang, Ze-Xin Fan

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Jarosław Socha, Paweł Hawryło, Luiza Tymińska-Czabańska, Michał Woda, Piotr Janiec

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Faqrul Islam Chowdhury, Josep Maria Espelta, Teresa Sánchez-Mejía, Jordi Margalef-Marrase, Luciana Jaime, Francisco Lloret

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): G.M. Trimber, S.C. Reed, J.B. Bradford, C. Lauria, T. Spector, R.J. Rondeau, M.L. Phillips, C.A. Gehring

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Kate E. Stigter, Colleen M. Sutheimer, Scott E. Nielsen

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Rafael Calama, Hans Pretzsch

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Yung-Hsiang Lan, David M. Bell, Mee-Sook Kim, David C. Shaw, Kristen L. Chadwick, Holly S.J. Kearns, Robert J. Pabst, Andrew A. Bluhm

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Yaowen Xu, Jiejie Jiao, Yanjie Fang, Liangjin Yao, Chuping Wu

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Xin Shi, Chensong Zhao, Xiaokun Yang, Lele Qi, Yihang Ding, Jie Yuan

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Craig P. Cordier, Nasiphi Bitani, David A. Ehlers Smith, Yvette C. Ehlers Smith, Colleen T. Downs

Publication date: 1 March 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 603Author(s): Hugh D. Safford, Saba Saberi

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Dan Binkley

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Sandra Jämtgård, Mats Öquist, Lars Högbom, Joachim Strengbom, Nils Henriksson, Karina E. Clemmensen, Hjalmar Laudon

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Hayato Iijima

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Edith J. Singini, Michelle Eckert, David Drew

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Yibo Zhang, Liangna Guo, Jiangrong Li, Ganggang Chen, Zheng Shi, Rongguang Gao

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Graham S. Frank, James R. LaBonte, Matthew G. Betts, Andrew J. Kroll, James W. Rivers, Jake Verschuyl, Mark E. Swanson, Meg A. Krawchuk

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Eric Gehring, Davide Ferriroli, Janet Maringer, Marco Conedera

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Asako Miyamoto, Gakuto Takamura

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Zhengxue Zhu, Robert W. Pal, Stefano Chelli, Marco Cervellini, Roberto Canullo, Luciano Ludovico Maria De Benedictis, Alysia Cox, Ariana Rivera Añazco, Sandor Bartha, Giandiego Campetella

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Dani Niziolek, Alan H. Taylor, Lucas B. Harris

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Yujie Hu, Li Wang

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Karl-Olof Bergman, Rasmus Viding, Victor Johansson

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Nathália Silva, Lhoraynne Pereira Gomes, Alex Josélio Pires Coelho, João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): I.J. Borreguero, Á. Sánchez-Miranda, E. Martínez-Sancho, A.E. Rubio-Casal, R. Sánchez-Salguero, L. Matías

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): João Paulo Bispo Santos, Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion, Mark S. Ashton, Florencia Montagnini, Claudia Fontana, Allana Katiussya Silva Pereira, Mário Tomazello-Filho, Vinicius Castro Souza, Daniel Piotto, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Nikolaus Haas, Marc Velling, Maik Henrich, Wibke Peters, Tomáš Peterka, Jaroslav Červenka, Frederik Franke, Pavla Jůnková Vymyslická, Wiebke Neumann, Marco Heurich

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Mariah Slaughter, Alejandro A. Royo, Volker Bahn

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Hope Fillingim, Benjamin O. Knapp, John M. Kabrick, Michael C. Stambaugh, Grant P. Elliott, Daniel C. Dey

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): C. Tobella, J. Navarro, J.M. Bas, P. Pons

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Qiulu Meng, Xiaohong Liu, J. Julio Camarero, Xueya Zhang, Lingnan Zhang, Xiaomin Zeng, Liangju Zhao, Shan Li, Lei Jiao

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Ionel Popa, Andrei Popa

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Kristiina Palm-Hellenurm, Inga Jüriado, Argo Orumaa, Tea Tullus, Marek Metslaid

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Gian Luca Spadoni, Jose V. Moris, Judith Kirschner, Sergio de Miguel, Imma Oliveras Menor, Cinzia Passamani, Piergiorgio Terzuolo, Franco Gottero, Gilles Le Moguédec, Davide Ascoli, Renzo Motta

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Juliana Eggers, Rupert Seidl, Michael Maroschek, Rudolf Reiner

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Matthew B. Scott, Hugh Wallace, Samuel Aguilar-Arguello, Shana E. Gross

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Zhe Xiang, Kai Liu, Chuying Yu, Jingjing Cao, Mengyang Fang, Haojian Deng, Yuanhui Zhu

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Girmay Darcha, Yemane Tsehaye, Gebeyehu Taye, Emiru Birhane

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Divya Mehta, Ciro Abbud Righi, Marcelino Carneiro Guedes, Vinicius Gonçalves, João Luís Ferreira Batista

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Jayden E. Engert, Kali Middleby, Nara Vogado, Susan G.W. Laurance

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Taylor M. Wegner, Andrew E. Newhouse, Sean Satchwell, John E. Drake

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Vinicius Costa Cysneiros, Laio Zimermann Oliveira, Allan Libanio Pelissari

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Sterling B. Kerr, Aaron C. Rhodes, April Hulet, Ryan Pienaar, Samuel B. St. Clair

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Elena Novichonok, Anna Klimova, Kseniya Nikerova, Irina Sofronova, Aleksandra Serkova, Natalia Galibina

Publication date: 15 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 602Author(s): Sean M.P. Cahoon, KaDonna Randolph, George C. Gaines, Susan Crocker, Valerie Thomas, Holly Munro

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Publication date: Available online 30 December 2025Source: Forest Ecology and ManagementAuthor(s): Daniel R. MacNulty, Elaine M. Brice, Nicholas J. Bergeron, Eric J. Larsen

Publication date: Available online 30 December 2025Source: Forest Ecology and ManagementAuthor(s): Elizabeth Ming-Yue Ng, Connor M. Wood, H. Anu Kramer, Jason M. Winiarski, Kate A. McGinn, Sheila A. Whitmore, Jonathan P. Eiseman, Kevin G. Kelly, Sarah C. Sawyer, Craig Thompson, M. Zachariah Peery

Publication date: Available online 30 December 2025Source: Forest Ecology and ManagementAuthor(s): R. Virkkala, A.-M. Määttänen, R.K. Heikkinen

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Publication date: Available online 4 December 2025Source: Forest Ecology and ManagementAuthor(s): Kate McGinn, Gavin M. Jones, H. Anu Kramer, Sheila A. Whitmore, Jason M. Winiarski, Elizabeth Ming-Yue Ng, Connor M. Wood, Sarah C. Sawyer, Craig Thompson, M. Zachariah Peery

Law’s original author points to removal of obligations for downstream traders to verify origin of commoditiesIt was hailed by campaigners around the world as a game-changing piece of legislation that would help stop deforestation.But when a bullet-ridden version of the EU’s deforestation regulation, once supposed to be the crown of the Green Deal, finally limped across the legislative line this month, not even its architect was smiling, and one politician said it had been pretty much “dismantled”. Continue reading…

Bradford v Hull | Barking up the wrong tree | AI fails | Narrow margin | Flipping heck | Puzzles the catSo, Bradford City supporters are chanting “City of culture, you’ll never sing that” (‘It was empowering’: Bradford considers the legacy of its city of culture year, 29 December). During Hull’s admirable tenure as city of culture (2017-20), Hull City fans’ arguably more witty chant was: “You’re only here for the culture!”Margaret PinderBeverley, East Yorkshire• The Royal Horticultural Society is encouraging gardeners to plant small trees to help biodiversity (Plant ‘tredges’ to boost England’s tree cover, gardeners urged, 25 December). A quick search for Crataegus laevigata, the only tree named in the article, shows it grows to 8m x 8m. How big do they think our gardens are?Kathryn SchofieldLondon Continue reading…

Deep within the cloud forests of the San Martín region of Peru lie two places so high, cold and remote that they remained virtually unexplored for decades. In 2022, and again in 2025, monitors from …

Founded by Tentree’s Derrick Emsley and partners, Vancouver-based veritree helps companies restore forests using data, technology and on-the-ground verification.

Dentro de la selva de Indonesia se alza una nueva ciudad verde que se anunció como la futura capital del país. Pero su porvenir no es claro.

Across the country, zoos are quietly turning a post-holiday problem into a win for animals and the environment. Instead of sending used Christmas trees to the curb, keepers are inviting the public to …

In the late 20th century, forest conservation in the eastern United States was rarely a matter of sweeping victories or clean resolutions. It was a practice shaped by hearings that dragged on, …

Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over the next five years as pine beetles begin to spread aggressively, new federal forecasts show.

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has investigated how these plant defenses function within the food web, particularly in spruce bark beetles (Ips typographus), which ingest the compounds through their diet. Could the beetles use substances from the spruce’s defenses to protect themselves against pathogenic fungi?

Crypto’s retroactive funding rewards proven impact, not promises. But Optimism’s $100M experiment reveals why applying this model to forests remains elusive.

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world, in a breakthrough supporters hope will be a catalyst for similar moves to protect bees elsewhere.It means that across a broad swathe of the Peruvian Amazon, the rainforest’s long-overlooked native bees – which, unlike their cousins the European honeybees, have no sting – now have the right to exist and to flourish. Continue reading…

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a structured framework to evaluate the nitrogen (N) status and nitrogen balance of forest ecosystems amid rapid global environmental change.

The City of Calgary has issued a reminder to city residents that there are two ways to compost real Christmas trees.

Old Sulehay Forest, Northamptonshire: Distant church bells are about all I can hear as I stand below a 500-year-old small-leaved lime – a tree that may be making an unlikely comebackOn a bright winter’s day, I stand at the centre of a ring of multi‑stemmed small-leaved limes. Their gnarled bases are furred with moss and feathered with sprays of epicormic growth. Lime trees are notoriously hard to age, but this one is probably more than 500 years old, shaped and reshaped by centuries of coppicing, now with a vast canopy stretching nearly 20 metres.Looking up, I marvel at the intricate fractal lattice of branches and twigs of each tree. Every stem holds its own space, the crowns kept neatly apart from their neighbours – a quiet phenomenon known as crown shyness. This seems somehow appropriate, given how quiet the woodland is. It feels emptied, with only the rush of a chill wind numbing my bare fingertips, a peal of distant church bells, and a robin offering its muted winter song. Continue reading…

Indonesia is building a new, green city in the jungle. Its future is far from certain, but new residents like living there.

Our gardening experts say to harden spruce trees for winter what you do in summer and fall is important. Check your soil pH and try to get it to 6.5 to 7 to make them hardier and not brown as much.

Nearly 15 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, air radiation doses have dropped significantly in Fukushima Prefecture, with most of the land showing levels below the required decontamination.

Armed groups have moved in to the space left by the Farc after the civil war, cutting down rainforest to control land and build thousands of kilometres of smuggling routesHigh above the Colombian Amazon, Rodrigo Botero peers out of a small aircraft as the rainforest canopy unfolds below – an endless sea of green interrupted by stark, widening patches of brown. As director of the Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development (FCDS), he has spent years mapping the transformation of this fragile landscape from the air.His team has logged more than 150 overflights, covering 30,000 miles (50,000km) to track deforestation advancing along the roads, illicit crops and the shifting frontiers of human settlement. “We now have the highest road density in the entire Amazon,” says Botero. Continue reading…

London Hydro is reporting more than 50 power outages Friday afternoon as the city experiences significant freezing rainfall. According to London Hydro’s outage map, the outages span from Sunningdale …

Low-cost tech and joined-up funding have reduced illegal logging, mining and poaching in the Darién Gap – it’s a success story that could stop deforestation worldwideThere are no roads through the Darién Gap. This vast impenetrable forest spans the width of the land bridge between South and Central America, but there is almost no way through it: hundreds have lost their lives trying to cross it on foot.Its size and hostility have shielded it from development for millennia, protecting hundreds of species – from harpy eagles and giant anteaters to jaguars and red-crested tamarins – in one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. But it has also made it incredibly difficult to protect. Looking after 575,000 hectares (1,420,856 acres) of beach, mangrove and rainforest with just 20 rangers often felt impossible, says Segundo Sugasti, the director of Darién national park. Like tropical forests all over the world, it has been steadily shrinking, with at least 15% lost to logging, mining and cattle ranching in two decades. Continue reading…

Royal Horticultural Society’s call backs government aim to increase woodland cover from 10% to at least 16.5% by 2050Gardeners should plant native “tredges” – foliage between the size of a tree and a hedge – to boost England’s tree cover, the Royal Horticultural Society has said.Taking inspiration from ancient woodlands could boost wildlife across England’s 25m gardens, according to experts, and help increase native tree cover. The country’s woodland cover is approximately 10% and the government aims to increase this to at least 16.5% of all land in England by 2050.Beech (Fagus sylvatica)Holly (Ilex aquifolium)Western red cedar (Thuja plicata)Common yew (Taxus baccata)Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) Continue reading…

Found in a forest outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the plant steals nutrients from subterranean fungi.

Police say municipal staff inspected the site and found the trees were left standing but had been cut around their bases, likely with a chainsaw. Many of the trees that were cut were older-growth …

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species each year, revealing far more biodiversity than expected across animals, plants, fungi, and beyond. Many species remain undiscovered, especially insects and microbes, and future advances could unlock millions more. Each new find also opens doors to conservation and medical breakthroughs.

The Northern Rockies Fire Cache in Missoula, Montana, provides efficient support for emergencies, specializing in interagency wildland fire incidents and all hazards incidents both regionally and nationwide. Cache manager Anthony Krause takes the viewer on a tour of the facility and shares the critical fire season preparations performed at the Northern Rockies Fire Cache, taking the guesswork out of logistical support. The 14 employees fulfill a variety of needs including packaging pre-made kits of necessary field paperwork and supplies, ordering equipment in bulk, coordinating administration, deliveries and ensuring inventory control. The center is cost-effective and reduces waste by reusing field equipment that has passed stringent testing after repair and refurbishment.

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face deforestation.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – December 23, 2025 – SavATree’s Colorado Springs branch is proud to once again support the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command this holiday season by donating professional holiday lighting and decor services for the 70th anniversary of the beloved NORAD Tracks Santa program. Every Christmas Eve, this program tracks Santa’s journey around the world in real time and shares live updates via website, mobile app, […] The post SavATree Helps NORAD Ring in the Holidays for 70th Anniversary Celebration appeared first on Tree Care Industry Magazine.

In short: more carbon in the air does not guarantee more carbon in the wood. Between those two lies a living network of valves, vessels, and trade-offs, tuned by evolution to keep trees alive. If we …

Speke, Merseyside: Walking through Stockton’s Wood today, you’d never know it played such a vital role in the second world war For most visitors, the Tudor house of Speke Hall, with all its rich history and magnificence, is the star of the show here. But right next door, Stockton’s Wood has a history all of its own.Today, on a chilly winter day, there’s no escaping that right now this ancient woodland is an important “deadwood” site. It’s rich in veteran trees and fallen branches, and has a stunning diversity of mosses and fungi. Pausing by a fallen oak, I count slime mould pimpling the bark, several species of small but perfectly formed bracket fungi, and candlesnuff fungus, fungal mycelium lurking where once sap flowed. A wind-thrown silver birch is caught in a sycamore’s embrace. Continue reading…

Forest engineers are working on ways to future-proof forests in ‍North Rhine-Westphalia under a program that includes mixing tree varieties to build resilience.

The basics of photosynthesis are something that every student learns in school: carbon dioxide, water and light in; oxygen and sugar for growth out. In a world where atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising, it is plausible to think that trees and other plant life growth will rise in lockstep.

Rich Stockdale says model of ‘regenerative capitalism’ would maximise profits by planting trees, restoring peatlands, and installing windfarms across its estatesThe founder of an investment firm buying large estates across Britain to restore woods and peatland has said it is “unashamedly and proudly” capitalist, and plans to make tens of millions of pounds in profit.Rich Stockdale, the chief executive of Oxygen Conservation, said his model of “regenerative capitalism” was a “force for good” because it would offer investors significant profits by planting trees, restoring peatlands, operating solar farms and holiday homes and installing new windfarms across its estates. Continue reading…

Modern science has mixed with Christmas magic to safeguard the legacy of a 100-year-old holiday tradition in Fresno, California. The story of Christmas Tree Lane began in 1920 as a way to transform a family tragedy into something much brighter. According to a historical marker, in June of 1919, 14-year-old William “Billy” Winning died on The post Cloning the Original Spruce Safeguards Century-old Legacy of ‘Christmas Tree Lane’ appeared first on Good News Network.

Devastating floods and deadly wind storms in B.C. this month mark more frequent extreme weather. As CBC’s Tanya Fletcher reports, it’s also having a lasting impact on trees.

Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Wildlife seems to like it as much as we do, and if you’re patient, you can make like a mistle thrush and spread it aroundStripped of their leaves, the trees are sculptural against the grey sky, revealing what is usually obscured. Trunks thick with ivy offer roosting sites for wrens and robins. Messy rook nests sway precariously in the breeze. And of course great balls of mistletoe, suspended among the bare branches as if put up for the festive season, although there all year round. Some trees have so many of the evergreen orbs in them that they appear to be in spring leaf.For a parasite, mistletoe has a unique position in our hearts: from Greek mythologies, where it offered a gateway to the underworld, to the druids’ ceremonial links with fertility, which probably seeded our modern-day kisses under the mistletoe. Continue reading…

Join day-hikers (they don’t mind being called a Peak Bagger) as they hike ONLY 6.3 miles, roundtrip, for more than 9 hours to try and bag 6,012-foot Pilot Peak on the Stanislaus National Forest in March 2025. Pilot Peak has one of the hundreds of fire lookout towers on it in California and is the highest elevation in the southern portion of the forest. (USDA Forest Service video, photos, and narration by Paul Wade) Know Before You Go Links: www.peakbagger.com www.summitpost.org www.ohv.parks.ca.gov www.forecast.weather.gov www.mountain-forecast.com www.quickmap.dot.ca.gov For more tips, tricks, how-to on peakbagging or just to watch someone struggle to discover these amazing backcountry high points, search “Hiking Mokelumne Peak” or see the links to a few previous climbs below. More on the way. • Peak Bagger Series: Granite Chief, Needle and Lyon peaks • Peak Bagger Series: Granite Chief, Needle … • Peak Bagger Series: Wheeler Benchmark and Peak 9115 • Peak Bagger Series: Wheeler Benchmark and … • Peak Bagger Series: Sardine Peak • Peak Bagger Series: Sardine Peak • Peak Bagger Series: Carson Pass to Luther Pass (Red Lake, Stevens and Waterhouse peaks) • Peak Bagger Series: Carson Pass to Luther … • Peak Bagger Series: Whittakers Dardanelles • Peak Bagger Series: Whittakers Dardanelles • Peak Bagger Series: Mokelumne Peak • Peak Bagger Series: Mokelumne Peak

Join day-hikers (they don’t mind being called a Peak Bagger) as they hike more than 8 miles, roundtrip, for a little under 8 hours to try and bag 8,459-foot Verdi Peak on the Tahoe and Humboldt-Toiyabe national forests in April 2025. Verdi Peak has one of the hundreds of fire lookout towers on it in California and for a bonus, the hikers stand on the summit of Ladybug and Granite peaks also. (USDA Forest Service video, photos, and narration by Paul Wade) Know Before You Go Links: www.peakbagger.com www.summitpost.org www.ohv.parks.ca.gov www.forecast.weather.gov www.mountain-forecast.com www.quickmap.dot.ca.gov For more tips, tricks, how-to on peakbagging or just to watch someone struggle to discover these amazing backcountry high points, search “Hiking Mokelumne Peak” or see the links to a few previous climbs below. More on the way. • Peak Bagger Series: Granite Chief, Needle and Lyon peaks • Peak Bagger Series: Granite Chief, Needle … • Peak Bagger Series: Wheeler Benchmark and Peak 9115 • Peak Bagger Series: Wheeler Benchmark and … • Peak Bagger Series: Sardine Peak • Peak Bagger Series: Sardine Peak • Peak Bagger Series: Carson Pass to Luther Pass (Red Lake, Stevens and Waterhouse peaks) • Peak Bagger Series: Carson Pass to Luther … • Peak Bagger Series: Whittakers Dardanelles • Peak Bagger Series: Whittakers Dardanelles • Peak Bagger Series: Mokelumne Peak • Peak Bagger Series: Mokelumne Peak

Trekking across Malaysia, her adopted country, she found more than 150 unrecorded plant species. “She’s one of the greatest botanists who ever lived,” a colleague said.

A journey of 3,800 miles and thousands of smiles! Silver Belle, the 2025 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, made her way from Northern Nevada to Washington, D.C., with some unforgettable stops along the way – and it wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our sponsors, partners, and everyone who stopped by along the way. Thank you to everyone who made this very special project a reality!

Researchers announced over 70 new species in a single year, including bizarre insects, ancient dinosaurs, rare mammals, and deep-river fish. Many were found not in the wild, but in museum collections, proving that major discoveries can still be hiding in plain sight.

Trees contain valuable information about Earth’s past, so much so that studying their rings may help fill in hidden gaps in Ohio’s environmental history.

In the Peloponnese mountains, the usually hardy trees are turning brown even where fires haven’t reached. Experts are raising the alarm on a complex crisisIn the southern Peloponnese, the Greek fir is a towering presence. The deep green, slow-growing conifers have long defined the region’s high-altitude forests, thriving in the mountains and rocky soils. For generations they have been one of the country’s hardier species, unusually capable of withstanding drought, insects and the wildfires that periodically sweep through Mediterranean ecosystems. These Greek forests have lived with fire for as long as anyone can remember.So when Dimitrios Avtzis, a senior researcher at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) of Elgo-Dimitra, was dispatched to document the aftermath of a spring blaze in the region, nothing about the assignment seemed exceptional. He had walked into countless burnt landscapes, tracking the expected pockets of mortality, as well as the trees that survived their scorching. Continue reading…

The bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas citri, which causes canker disease in citrus trees, activates selected parts of the fruit ripening program inside infected leaves. Normally, this program makes citrus fruits soften and sweeten as sugars are released. But the bacterium hijacks this fruit-specific machinery in infected leaf tissue, causing the host to unlock sugars that otherwise would not be accessible to Xanthomonas as a source of nutrients. As a result, the pathogen can grow up to a hundred times faster.