Sustainable forest management

Shafts of sunlight filtering through the forest canopy strike smoke from fires burning outside family huts at an Mbuti pygmy hunting camp in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve outside the town of Epulu, Congo

DR Congo faces criticism over plans to open Congo rainforest to commercial logging

Environment

Debate ensues over environmental issues and the need for economic advancement as Democratic Republic of Congo lifts a moratorium on logging the Congo rainforest.

Tree trunks with vibrant green leaves

Mexican communities manage their local forests, generating benefits for humans, trees and wildlife

Deforestation for palm oil

Saving the planet depends on saving its tropical forests. Can we do it?

Environment
The World

Tuva Project: Of Oxen and Fallen Timber