Stories: People & Ecosystems

Answers to frequently asked questions about fiber testing, a technology that can help find potentially illegal wood in the paper supply chain.

New Web-Based Map Tracks Marine "Dead Zones" Worldwide

Research Identifies 530 Coastal “Dead Zones” and 228 Marine Eutrophic Sites

In December 2010, over 50 U.S. natural resource practitioners and experts joined the Northern Forests Watershed Incentive Project’s second annual webinar, which provided an overview of the project and covered successes to date.

2010 was a significant year for global efforts to tackle illegal logging. Here’s a look back on some of that progress.

The following interview with Craig Hanson and Moray McLeish was conducted and compiled by Jeremy Hance and Rhett A. Butler for mongabay.com and is reposted with permission. Read the entire piece here on the Mongabay website.

Food for Thought

We are on a collision course between ecosystems and food. How we resolve this issue over the coming years will be a key to preserving biodiversity and human well-being.

Ecosystem services provide the link between nature and economic development. How can this approach guide more sustainable decisions?

As a result of rapid development over the last 40 years, the vast majority of land in the southern U.S. has been in some way impacted by humans.

Expanding agriculture onto already degraded lands could relieve pressure on the world’s remaining forests.

Enabling tropical countries to boost their economies and feed global populations whi

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Tests detect potentially illegal wood in paper. Here are some tips to manage risk.