The Choco region in northwest Ecuador is hosting a groundbreaking experiment to try and help its rainforests recover from rampant deforestation. A multinational team is planting small “tree islands" ...

As diplomats and activists scramble to secure hotel rooms in Belém, Brazil for the next U.N. COP30 in the Brazilian Amazon, one of the biggest problems our planet faces is how to protect the world's ...

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Deforestation figures can be frustrating to look at, but there are a number of success stories when it comes to protecting tropical forests that we can learn from, Crystal Davis, global program ...

BELÉM, Brazil—The host country of this year’s global climate conference is working on a $125 billion plan to save the world’s rainforests. It thinks tapping Wall Street’s bond traders is the way to go ...

Coral reefs, often called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse and ecologically important ecosystems on Earth. Despite covering less than 1% of the ocean floor, they ...

Before the late ‘80s, most people didn’t really think about the rainforest; the concept of such a place hadn’t yet entered into the public consciousness. When people thought about dense, tropical ...

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Johnny Appleseed’s heart was in the right place when he walked all over the early United States planting fruit trees. Ecologically, though, he had room for improvement: To create truly dynamic ...

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