The Brazilian Congress, influenced by the agribusiness sector, seeks to change the Forest Code in Brazil to open more of the Amazon rainforest to be cleared. Not only will this destroy forested areas in the Amazon no longer protected by the...

Instead of upholding its mission "to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations," the U.S. Forest Service is wasting taxpayers' money on logging and...

More than 48 hours after stopping roadbuilding and timber operations near the Finger Point Timber Sale on Kupreanof Island, the last group of seven activists, six of whom are Alaskans, were removed by authorities from a peaceful protest in the...

In his first visit to Washington, DC, 20-year-old Jean-Christian Ebanda from Cameroon delivered a forest petition with 42,000 signatures to the President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick. He is attending a town hall meeting at the International...

A huge victory has been won for America's forests, as a federal judge in California reinstated nearly all of the Clinton-era Roadless Rule. The Bush administration had gutted the plan that protects 58.5 million acres of national forest.