A new study has shown areas of state forest in Northern New South Wales, currently zoned as hardwood eucalypt plantation and ...

It’s well-known that forest clear-cuts adversely affect stream flows in multiple ways, such as by increasing surface temperatures, damaging water absorbing organisms and causing faster runoffs. Not so ...

A recent surge of large-scale land concessions for plantation agriculture is creating environmental and social problems across the Dry Forests and Greater Annamites areas of Cambodia and Lao PDR.

In a eucalyptus plantation in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in southern India, abandoned for nearly 40 years and allowed to regenerate, researchers found that the number of tree species ...

Forest plantations are a controversial source of wood for the forest and paper industries. Whilst plantations can yield benefits for the local economy, environment and local communities, in some ...

We argue for an orderly transition from ‘timber mining’ to managed forestry in the tropics. Here’s a five-step plan to improve forest fates, with benefits for the climate, biodiversity and people.

Coconut palms are king throughout the tropics, serving as the foundation for human lives and cultures across the Pacific Ocean for centuries. However, 200 years of planting by colonial interests ...

This news release is available in Spanish. If there is any native forest in the vicinity, tree, fern and herbaceous species typical of these forests penetrate under the pine plantations without any ...

According to a new study by the EHU's BEZ-EKOFISKO research group, the choice of using eucalyptus in forestry needs to be reconsidered. The research highlights an urgent need to conserve and restore ...

A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The results demonstrate that logging ...