Stories: People & Ecosystems

The government and people of the Democratic Republic of Congo can now track and monitor forests and logging concessions in the world’s second largest rain forest.

It’s time to raise awareness of the variety of incentives that can help forest owners in the southern U.S. keep their land.

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

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.

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?