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MONROVIA — Chainsaw-milled timber is emerging as a damaging new form of illegal logging in Liberia. Chainsaw milling is legally permitted only for small-scale production of boards for the country’s domestic market, but larger operators may be using it as a means to evade regulations governing the sourcing and tracing of wood, and to avoid […]

Pulitzercenter.org - APRIL 4, 2023 Vietnam’s Forests Have Been Cleared To Supply the World’s Timber Industry Bao-Uyen Vo-KieuRAINFOREST INVESTIGATIONS FELLOW In Central Vietnam’s factory, wood chips are accumulated in the rear of a three-wheel vehicle used to transport acacia wood to the processing machine. Image by Thanh Nguyen. Vietnam is ranked the fifth-largest country in…

On November 1st and 2nd, 2023, Forest Trends convened the Wildfire and Forests Innovation Summit in Denver, Colorado together with co-hosts and sponsors the USDA Forest Service, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Colorado Department

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism could help Vietnam set up a carbon market, so long as taxes are used to balance economic growth and emissions.

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The next ten years will decide what kind of planet we pass on to our children, grandchildren, and loved ones. It will require a sustained commitment to leave an “evergreen” legacy of healthy ecosystems, sustainable

The EU’s new Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which prevents products linked to deforestation from entering the EU market, was just formally approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday. China and Brazil also recently unveiled their own collaborative

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Josefa Mería has lived in the Peruvian city of Moyobamba, where the Andes meet the Amazon rainforest, for more than 30 years. Even in this humid tropical climate, she remembers when some 20 years ago there was such little water that services to the city were frequently cut off, angering the entire city. “There was […]

Carefully review requirements before enrolling in a carbon program. Here are some of the major carbon programs already established.