Sustainable-logging regimes that selectively cull trees rather than clear-cut them Encouraging people who live near rain forests to harvest its bounty (nuts, fruits, medicines) rather than clear ...

But logging can transform a swath of forest from a carbon “sink” into a carbon source, not only destroying CO 2-absorbing trees but emitting tons of new greenhouse gases in the process. Clearcutting — ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Forest Service announced a final plan today to eliminate roadless-rule protections in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, opening vast swaths of irreplaceable old-growth temperate ...