Forests
When Lemurs Fly
Tiny high-tech backpack tracks colugos gliding through the forest
Do Trees Grow on Money?
After years of failed attempts to merge market economics with rainforest conservation, the US$60 billion carbon market might finally be the ticket. That is, if money is all it’s going to take.
Boreal Forests Aflame
More and bigger fires are turning the taiga into a carbon source
Flood Insurance
Revisiting an old debate, study finds that forest cover reduces flooding in 56 countries
Slow-growth Forests
Climate change may stunt rather than spur tree growth
Nothing to Declare
DNA fingerprinting cracks down on illegal timber harvest
Cheap Labor
Fake fruits lure bats to replant denuded rainforests
Top Down Inquiry
Lighter-than-air glider cruises tropical treetops
“Green Gold” or “Deforestation Diesel”?
The explosive growth of the biofuel industry has been accompanied by an equally vigorous debate among conservationists about the unintended consequences of using crops to meet our energy needs. A little digging will turn up a multitude of opinions on the subject, with outlooks ranging from enthusiastic to distinctly bleak.
Virginity Lost
Pristine forests of the Amazon were not encountered in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; they were invented in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries