"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There are so many picturesque places to visit. With limited vacation days, how do you choose where to ...

Tongass National Forest encompasses 17 million acres and is home to bald eagles, salmon, and bears. Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane. Hop on a boat for a ...

They say a quick stroll in nature can do wonders for your mental health, but these breathtaking forests will have you wanting to stay for hours. Covering 31% of our planet's land, forests offer more ...

These iconic species could be gone within decades. The mass-clearing of trees will be the doom of many forms of life on this planet. Forests are critical to the Earth's ecology. They capture and store ...

CIFOR-ICRAF receives funding from more than 50 donors, so I am not going to list them all. You can consult our annual financial reports Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty ...

Large intact forests and connected landscapes support biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Globally, more than half of the world’s forests became more fragmented between 2000 and 2020, according to a ...

The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution ...

The Biomass mission will use a long-forbidden part of the radio spectrum to see how much carbon forests capture. Forests are the second-largest carbon sink on the planet, after the oceans. To ...

Sweden is one of the world’s largest exporters of forest-based products: paper, timber, cardboard and biofuels travel across the globe, ending up in your packaging, your books, in your home. A recent ...

Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane. Hop on a boat for a whale watching and wildlife viewing tour where you may spot humpback or killer whales. Ride the ...