Invasive plants and trees were introduced to South Africa from as early as the 17th century for a range of commercial, subsistence and ornamental uses. Today, every area of the country has been ...

Decades of deforestation and a 15-year drought have transformed Chilean woodlands into a fragile ecosystem. Will the forest ...

John Rosenow climbed into a pickup truck in Zongolica, a small city in rural southern Mexico, squeezing into the front with several friends and relatives from Wisconsin and Minnesota. In the back of ...

Yet, many tree planting projects focus on the number of trees planted rather than the diversity of species. For example, ...

A team of Earth scientists, ecologists and space research specialists affiliated with several institutions in Brazil has ...

Determining the degree to which shifting drought conditions around the world are attributable to natural hydroclimatic ...

A wide range of sustainability, health and environmental programs in the Amazon Rainforest are at stake after the U.S.

Millions of displaced Syrians inside the country and across the region are watching developments before making a decision on whether to return home. Before the overthrow of the government, more than ...

BOTANISTS have found a stand of rare trees in Zanzibar not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa. The intsia trees (Intsia bijuga) were found growing within moist coastal forest in the north of ...