timber
Climate change, drought, wildfires reduce value of private forestland in the West by billions
Climate change could mean Alberta cuts more fire-killed trees for timber
Since 2016, Alberta has harvested approximately 20 million cubic metres of timber each year, which is enough to fill 8,000 Olympic swimming pools, but the proportion of that from salvaged logging can vary, according to data from the Alberta government.
Climate change could mean Alberta cuts more fire-killed trees for timber
Since 2016, Alberta has harvested approximately 20 million cubic metres of timber each year, which is enough to fill 8,000 Olympic swimming pools, but the proportion of that from salvaged logging can vary, according to data from the Alberta government.
‘Timber cities’ might help decarbonize the world
New research suggests that using wood for construction could avoid 100 gigatons of CO2 emissions through 2100, but building skylines of timber requires careful forest planning.
In the face of losses, a new vision for Brazil’s Amazon is taking shape
The development model for the Brazilian Amazon has most often meant clearing the rainforest to build something from scratch, whether timber operations, mines, cattle pastures or soybean fields. But what if Brazil chose a different path?
Bethany Cotton: Biden's old-growth forest executive order has giant hole
The Biden administration must issue a moratorium on all mature and old-growth logging nationwide and create strategic forest reserves to mitigate climate change, as advocated by leading scientists.
Thomas Lovejoy warns of peril to Amazon's 'living library'
As U.N. negotiations on protecting biological diversity open, the man who coined the phrase says it's time for different action to save nature.