When it comes to protecting tropical forests, the conversation usually centers on either "preventing deforestation" or ...

A recent study out of Malaysia illustrates that even responsible logging practices severely harm local fish populations. For their study, researchers at institutions in the United Kingdom and ...

Selective logging--the practice of removing one or two trees and leaving the rest intact--is often considered a sustainable alternative to clear-cutting, in which a large swath of forest is cut down, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study finds that low-intensity logging doesn’t negatively affect a forest’s key ecosystem services such as carbon storage and food ...

A new study in Borneo shows that selectively logged rainforests retain only 60% of their original carbon capacity 22 years later, primarily due to a persistent lack of large, carbon-dense trees.

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest. Developed by the University of Sheffield, the technology uses satellite ...

Amazonian forests are unlikely to provide enough timber to meet current demand over the long term, even with the use of improved logging practices. Camille Piponiot, junior scientist from the ...

A new study finds nearly as few fish species in selectively logged forests as they did in forests clear-cut for plantations. Both selectively logged and clear-cut areas had around half the number fish ...

SELECTIVE logging is the most environmentally and socially responsible way to manage tropical forests in developing nations, according to a new study "We found that in many cases where logging has ...

Amazonian forests are unlikely to provide enough timber to meet current demand over the long term, even with the use of improved logging practices. That is a key finding of a new study led by the ...

Amazonian forests are unlikely to provide enough timber to meet current demand over the long term, even with the use of improved logging practices. That is a key finding of a new study led by the ...