#Forests

Students at a North Seattle school are turning a patch of artificial lawn into a Miyawaki forest. As the trees and plants grow, so will the lessons and benefits.

From Audubon RSS Feed: The Good Neighbor Authority—The Most Important Forest Management Tool You’ve Probably Never Heard of

The soils of "managed forests" can take decades to rebuild the carbon stocks and microbial communities found in undisturbed forests.

From Vice RSS Feed: An Antelope So Rare It’s Called the ‘Ghost of the Forest’ Is Being Saved From Extinction. Here’s How.

New research suggests mangroves remove 960,000 tons per year of nitrogen from global water systems, a figure that could rise to more than 5.5 million tons annually if conditions were optimal for the plants.

Pocket forests. “The Miyawaki method of reforestation inserts small, densely packed wild acreage into urban environs. It’s proving wildly successful.” The key is densely planting diverse & native spec

The South American country, west of Brazil, is losing tropical primary forest at a rapid clip. Cattle ranching and soybean production are the main drivers, threatening a biodiversity hotspot.

From Audubon RSS Feed: Audubon Center at Riverlands: A Hemispheric Crossroads for Bird Migration and Bottomland Forest Conservation

From Dev.to - cloud: 🌲 Building Smart Forests: How Technology is Powering the Future of Sustainable Ecosystems Introduction

The Miyawaki method of reforestation inserts small, densely packed wild acreage into urban environs. It’s proving wildly successful.

From Latest articles | smithsonianmag.com: These 15 Majestic Photographs Showcase the Beauty of the Great Lakes and Will Make You Fall in Love With the Natural Wonders

To mark the first anniversary of the European Space Agency’s Biomass satellite, we present a selection of striking images captured over the past 12 months, revealing Earth’s forests, and much more, in new detail.…

While the town lifted evacuation orders in most areas as the fire is being brought under control, there is still no clear timeline for full containment.

From Reddit - r/ecology: Logging companies are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup

Forests provide myriad benefits, including timber, wildlife attraction, local cooling and climate resilience. At the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, ecologists are testing which tree combinations might create flourishing woodlands

A report years in the making was released this week at the UN climate talks in Brazil. Its conclusion: Protecting forests officially does not hamper agricultural productivity.

In case you missed it: A recent study reveals that underwater forests are much more prolific than previously thought — and may play a key role in stemming the climate crisis.