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    Arbor Day Should Be About Growing Trees, Not Just Planting Them

    Arbor Day Should Be About Growing Trees, Not Just Planting Them

    By Karen D. Holl and Pedro Brancalion For 149 years, Americans have marked Arbor Day on the last Friday in April by planting trees. Now business leaders, politicians, YouTubers and celebrities are calling for the planting of millions, billions or even trillions of trees to slow climate change. As ecologists who study forest restoration, we […]

    Global Rainforest Destruction Surged in 2020, Study Finds

    Global Rainforest Destruction Surged in 2020, Study Finds

    A new study published Wednesday found that the destruction of primary forest increased by 12% in 2020, impacting ecosystems that store vast amounts of carbon and shelter abundant biodiversity. Brazil saw the worst losses, three times higher than the next highest country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the report from Global Forest Watch […]

    New Report Finds Indonesian Forestry Company Cleared Endangered Orangutan Habitat

    New Report Finds Indonesian Forestry Company Cleared Endangered Orangutan Habitat

    By Hans Nicholas Jong An Indonesian forestry company with possible links to pulpwood and palm oil powerhouse Royal Golden Eagle has cleared forests the size of 500,000 basketball courts since 2016, some of them home to critically endangered orangutans, according to a new report. Nusantara Fiber controls 242,000 hectares (598,000 acres) of industrial tree plantations […]