Forestry

Forestry Carbon Credit Programs Have a Poor Track Record. Can a More Refined Approach Fix the Problem?

The Family Forest Carbon Program pays landowners not to timber their trees, then sells the additional growth as carbon credits. But critics question whether it leads to overall emissions reductions.

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the ‘Roadless Rule.’ The Public Won’t Have Much Time to Weigh In

By Sarah Mattalian

A Vermont Forest Tries a New Model of Growth, Diversity and Logging

By Olivia Gieger

Potential Repeal of Roadless Rule Could Permanently Damage Midwest National Forests

By Sarah Mattalian

‘Legacy’ Forests. ‘Restoration’ Logging. The New Jargon of Conservation Is Awash in Ambiguity. And Politics

By Nathan Gilles, Columbia Insight

Is This Palm Oil Company Operating on Protected Forestland?

By Jenaye Johnson

Trump Wants to Erase Protections in Alaska's Tongass National Forest, a Storehouse of Carbon

By Sabrina Shankman

Indonesia Signs Deforestation Moratorium

By Olivia Rondonuwu, Reuters

US Forest Report May Fuel More Deforestation in Brazil

By Stacy Feldman

Surprise Call to Close Forest Loophole Shakes Up Climate Talks in Bonn

By Stacy Feldman

Forestry Loophole in U.N. Climate Text Could Stoke Global Warming

By Stacy Feldman

Worldwide Forestry Deal Left Without a Legal Framework

By Stacy Feldman