A Rangitīkei farmer believes production forestry, rather than permanent carbon credit pine forests, will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide jobs and economic value. Many farms in New ...

Between 2005 and 2015, U.S. forests grew by the equivalent of 2,740 NFL football fields each day. That’s a total of almost 1.3 million acres a year! In the U.S., we grow many more trees than we ...

(Phys.org)—Fertilizing one's lawn is considered a necessary practice, as is with most agricultural crops. But how many people know about fertilizing a commercial forest, and how that might affect the ...

Forest restoration schemes should prioritize restoring native forests for greatest climate and environmental benefits, but these benefits incur a trade-off with wood production in comparison with tree ...

Biomass production in forest ecosystems underpins both global carbon dynamics and sustainable resource management. Forests convert solar energy into plant tissues through photosynthesis, driving gross ...

The need to preserve mangroves and the ecosystem services they sustain, while also providing for the social and economic needs of the people who depend on them, is one of coastal conservation’s ...

Forest biomass provides a versatile source of renewable energy, encompassing logging residues, thinnings, stump wood and purpose-grown woody crops. Harvested material is converted into heat, ...

China's forest food production exceeded 200 million metric tons last year, becoming the third most important agricultural product after grain and vegetables, the National Forestry and Grassland ...