Forests contribute to human well-being by providing a wide variety of ecosystem services to the society. The boreal biome is experiencing rapid changes both with the highest rates of warming on the ...

The initial contribution was announced by President Lula. He invited partners and other countries to make “equally ambitious” ...

Dr. Zaiton Samdin is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and currently a Deputy Director, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products ...

Last week, we dealt with a new concept of the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) – a market-based tool for better management of ecosystem services. PES is a simple idea with powerful implications ...

The Hrant Dink Memorial Forest was planted in 2007 by ATP, to honor the legacy of Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist ...

Environmental Conservation, Vol. 43, No. 4, Thematic section. Forest Ecosystem Services (DECEMBER 2016), pp. 397-406 (10 pages) Andean grasslands (páramos) are highly valued for their role in regional ...

Sea level rise is causing ghost forests to expand along the east coast, with hotspots in New Jersey, Maryland, and North Carolina. Salt marshes are migrating to take the place of wetland forests, ...

Through the commodification of nature, the framing of the environment as a 'natural resource' or 'ecosystem service' has become increasingly prominent in international environmental governance. The ...

Tree planting is one of the most popular fixes for the climate crisis. Trees’ ability to store carbon dioxide and prevent its release into the atmosphere — and they are natural! — but they may not be ...

Tropical cloud forests exist in 60 countries but account for less than a half of 1% of all land mass on Earth. Yet they are home to 15% of the world’s known species, researchers estimate. Despite ...