Teeming with life and stretching across multiple continents, tropical forests are often called the “lungs of the planet” because of their ability to suck up climate-warming carbon dioxide and exhale ...

Tropical forests host up to half of the planet's biodiversity but up to now, ecological studies over tropical forests often relied on large scale datasets depicting open-air temperatures -- that is, ...

The new Global Forest Goals Report 2026, launching this month, will reveal just how much ground we've lost and what it will take to turn the tide before 2030. We spoke with UN DESA’s expert Shyam ...

In recent decades, climate change has modified the growth of forests, mainly due to increasing temperature and altered ...

Forests are more than just trees—they are climate regulators, biodiversity havens, and carbon vaults. From tropical rainforests to boreal taiga, each biome plays a unique role in cooling the planet ...

With less than five years remaining to 2030—and forests, a key driver of climate resilience, livelihoods and food security, under threat— the United Nations today launched The Global Forest Goals ...

Much of the conservation and climate change spotlight falls on tropical forests. Given this, people might forget that forests in the temperate areas—those found in large parts of North America, Europe ...

By Liz Kimbrough Up in the misty mountains, teems a kaleidoscope of life: trees drip with epiphytes, hummingbirds sip from ...