Commercial Timber Permits (CTPs) are timber dispositions issued pursuant to section 22 of the Forests Act, and sections 37 to 41 ... They are allocated for both coniferous (such as spruce and pine) ...

The needleleaf index utilizes specific infrared bands from Landsat satellites, allowing researchers to distinguish coniferous forests from other vegetation types with high accuracy. This approach ...

Less phone time = more trees Credit: mashable composite: forest I'm obsessed with my phone. Addicted to it, really. It's not something I'm proud of, but alas, it's true. I've tried my fair share ...

Introduction: Subtropical forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle, and their carbon balance response mechanism to climate change not only has important theoretical value, but also ...

Once covering a significant portion of the country, forests have been steadily shrinking since the 1600s as human settlement expanded westward. New research by Earth System Science Data reveals ...

Cloud forests are strange and ghostly places — akin to coral reefs hidden high on tropical mountains. Stunted trees loom in the mist, gnarled trunks and branches crusted in moss, lichens ...

The forest biomass industry — cutting forests to make wood pellets to be burned in power plants — will continue booming through 2030, says a new report. By then, pellets made in the U.S ...

Timber industry groups and businesses cheered the decision, saying it could finally pave the way for meaningful forest management and fill rural jobs following the closure of at least seven timber ...

In Oregon, American goshawks primarily inhabit large tracts of coniferous and mixed forests. Due to habitat loss and other environmental pressures, the species has been designated as a "Species of ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...