Forest news, articles and information:
 | 11/29/2016 - In addition to the mass death of bees throughout the United States, there is another potentially life-ending death epidemic occurring as well: the death of millions of oxygen-producing trees.
As noted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service officials have documented and identified...
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 | 11/16/2016 - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing to open up bidding for fracking operations in Ohio's only national forest.
An online auction is planned for Dec. 13 that will accept bids of as little as $2 per acre for the first 1,600 of 40,000 acres to be leased to oil and gas developers in Wayne...
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 | 8/18/2016 - 2015 was the most devastating year for wildfires in the U.S. More than 10 million acres of forest burned to the ground as raging fires took advantage of dry conditions and crowded, poorly managed forests. The U.S. Forest Service has spent tremendous amounts of resources to put out the fires –...
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 | 8/15/2016 - Canada's New Brunswick province has lately become a center of controversy regarding the use of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, and the latest revelations involve the decline of deer populations due to widespread spraying of glyphosate – the active ingredient in Roundup.
Environmentalist groups...
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 | 8/13/2016 - America's national forests and parklands are historic treasures, and something we all cherish as publicly-owned and managed green spaces to be enjoyed by all. But they're under attack by the oil and gas industries, which would like nothing more than to exploit these pristine areas for private gain –...
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 | 7/9/2016 - The Wayne National Forest (WNF) is located in the hills of southeastern Ohio. It is home to many unique and endangered species including bobcats, Indiana bats, timber rattlesnakes and cerulean warblers. It features over 300 miles of stunning trails for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding.
Soon,...
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 | 7/2/2016 - New research has determined that human disturbances have made the Amazon rainforest much more flammable and that even in areas of protected forest human activity has degraded the landscape.
As reported by the BBC, the two-year study of the Brazilian Amazon found that a range of activity including...
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 | 6/20/2016 - Technology originally developed for military purposes is being transformed and put to peaceful use toward fighting the effects of deforestation in Thailand.
Aerial reforestation, or seed bombing, is based on systems designed for the precision planting of landmines from the sky using bomber planes,...
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 | 6/3/2016 - One of Poland's most commanding and impressive natural sites is the Bialowieza Forest. This is not just any forest; it happens to be Europe's oldest primeval forest and the last of its type to exist. Spanning nearly 1,000 square miles along the border with Belarus, the forest is home to the largest...
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 | 5/9/2016 - When they bought 55 acres of abandoned land from debt-ridden farmers who were struggling to grow crops in 1991, Pamela and Anil Malhotra had one vision in mind: to show the world Mother Nature's incredible ability to regenerate itself when given the opportunity. That land has now become India's only...
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 | 4/18/2016 - Reforestation efforts around the world could get a massive boost thanks to an innovative idea that repurposes old planes. A billion trees could be planted every year thanks to aerial reforestation initiatives. The practice of dropping seeds from planes is not new, but it has been growing in popularity...
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| 11/30/2015 - As advanced as modern science professes to be, it has taken a new study to reiterate what practically every child learns in kindergarten -- that plant life uptakes carbon dioxide as food, releasing oxygen for animals and humans to breathe. And this process, known simply as photosynthesis, helps balance...
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 | 11/19/2015 - The gray slabs of concrete control our movements like a remote control, directing us from place to place. We walk in lines as if we are on a leash. We stay on the concrete paths, eyes turning gray – our feet softening in our shoes. The wild ground awaits, just steps away, but we continue to take...
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 | 6/18/2015 - Earthworms in New England forests are absorbing heavy metal pollution, thereby poisoning the animals that feed on them, according to a study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Vermont, and published in the journal Soil Biology and Biochemistry.
This phenomenon may...
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 | 10/27/2014 - Some believe that Americans are taxed too much, regulated too much, over-fined and over-licensed, and now, the U.S. Forest Service is feeding into those concerns with a proposed new rule that would impose further media coverage restrictions on large swaths of lands owned by the public.
According...
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 | 7/28/2014 - Forest Pharmaceuticals is under fire for causing fatal birth defects with its antidepressant drugs Lexapro [S-(+)-1-[3-(dimethyl-amino) propyl]-1-(p-fluorophenyl)-5-phthalancarbonitrile oxalate] and Celexa [-1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran-5-carbonitrile].
As...
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 | 2/27/2014 - Major food maker Kellogg's has listened to a growing number of its customers and has agreed to dramatically increase the healthiness quotient of its products by using palm oil that comes only from suppliers who have proven they actively protect rainforests and peatlands, in addition to respecting human...
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 | 2/26/2014 - A recent study has found that, while mercury is released into the atmosphere every year from industrial sources, about 30 percent as much makes its way there via forest fires.
According to researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., who authored the 2007...
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| 2/26/2014 - A recent study has found that, while mercury is released into the atmosphere every year from industrial sources, about 30 percent as much makes its way there via forest fires.
According to researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., who authored the 2007...
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| 2/26/2014 - A recent study has found that, while mercury is released into the atmosphere every year from industrial sources, about 30 percent as much makes its way there via forest fires.
According to researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., who authored the 2007...
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 | 9/6/2013 - The city of Milan, Italy, is the future home of the world's first two food forest skyscrapers.
Described by its architects as "a model of vertical densification of nature within the city," the urban food forest towers measure 110 and 76 meters tall. Altogether holding 900 trees vertically, the skyscrapers...
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| 7/1/2013 - Long before humans ever arrived on the scene, forest fires burned themselves out naturally. The forests re-grew and the cycle repeated: fire and rebirth, fire and rebirth. Over and over again for millions of years.
This was never a problem until humans came along and decided to build expensive homes...
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 | 6/27/2012 - Are you getting tired of your same old cardio routine at your local gym? Have you "hit a wall" with your training? New research indicates you would get a better run if you jogged with nature - and it would improve your mental state as well.
Researchers at Glasgow University, who looked at natural...
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 | 5/9/2012 - Have you ever heard the saying "you have the power to make a difference"? Well, the following demonstrates how one person has proven this. Over 30 years ago, a young teenager by the name of Jadav "Molai" Payeng had an idea to turn a barren sandbar into a thriving oasis. With this vision in mind, he...
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 | 2/13/2012 10:23:01 AM - A group known as Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is largely responsible for the decimation of half of Sumatran and other Indonesian rain forests since 1985. These rain forests were the natural habitats for tigers.
Activists with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are clamoring for grocery and other store chains...
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| 7/15/2011 - The human practice of growing food from and amongst the trees goes back millennia. There are examples of food forests, or forest gardens, in Vietnam and Morocco stretching back hundreds and thousands of years respectively. Much of the east coast of North America was managed this way by the native peoples...
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 | 7/4/2011 - We have all heard it before. Humans are supposedly producing too much carbon dioxide (CO2), which is contributing to "global warming" -- and the only solution, of course, is to have the United Nations (UN) distribute carbon use credits and implement carbon taxes to offset an impending global disaster....
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 | 5/28/2011 - The food industry's positive transition from unhealthy hydrogenated and partially-hydrogenated oils to healthy palm fruit oil is also contributing to the destruction of native forests and the species that live in them, according to new research out of Queen Mary, University of London. Published in the...
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 | 1/16/2011 - From the point of view of many humans, the term "natural disaster" is a convenient scapegoat because it allow a person (or a whole nation) to blame nature for their own poor planning. Wherever we find so-called "natural disasters" around the world (such as Brazil at the moment), we also usually find...
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| 9/10/2010 - The National Forestry Commission of Mexico in conjunction with the Swiss government recently held a conference to discuss the possibility of new, centralized climate change legislation. If enacted, the legislation will change the way Latin America governs its forests, and potentially set a precedent...
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| 8/28/2010 - Soon doctors may advise their patients, ``Take a walk in the woods!`` And patients may use outdoor clinics to get check-ups, a service now available in Japan. Research into the benefits of a walk in the woods has convinced the Japanese that forests should be therapy centers. This is called ``shinrin...
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| 8/11/2010 - Most people probably assume that forest fires are entirely destructive events that must be prevented at all costs. But recent research shows that forest fires are actually beneficial to soil because they play an important role in helping to maintain the earth's nitrogen cycle.
Researchers from the...
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 | 6/16/2010 - If you love perfect year-round weather and enjoying your own locally-grown foods, you'll love Vilcabamba, Ecuador. I lived there, on and off, for over two years, and in that time I came to know many of the people, places and cultural highlights of Vilcabamba. In this story, I'll share with you some...
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 | 6/15/2010 - From my abundant vegetable garden at Hacienda San Joaquin in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, I can look to the East and see multiple layers of mountains spanning the valley. Clouds hover over the peaks, drenching them with rain that pours into the Valley of Longevity where it forms a river that ultimately winds...
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 | 4/22/2010 - Susan G. Komen for the Cure has now crossed the line into asinine idiocy thanks to its new alliance with Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), where pink buckets of fried chicken are sold under the slogan, "Buckets for the Cure." I'm not making this up. See the ad image yourself at: https://www.naturalnews.com/images/KFC-PinkChickenBuckets.jpg
This...
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| 4/21/2010 - "What'll they think of next?" That was a common awestruck question regarding scientific and technological achievements during the 1950s and '60s. It was a naive era, which was the beginning of our being poisoned by science through food and medicine. Now it should be a horrified "what's next"? Man's...
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| 6/13/2009 - The FDA has approved Forest Laboratories' antidepressant Lexapro (escitalopram) for use in children and adolescents, even as the federal government and 11 states have filed a lawsuit against the company for illegally pushing the drug on kids.
The federal government has accused Forest of bribing pediatricians...
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 | 9/5/2008 - One of my all time favorite websites is Dr. Leslie Taylor`s Rain-tree.com and my favorite section of the website is the plant database she has painstakingly compiled. It is a database of the many plants and herbs used by indigenous peoples of the Brazilian and South American rain forests and it has...
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 | 7/22/2008 - Due to the effects of global warming and deforestation, more than half of the Amazon rainforest may be destroyed or severely damaged by the year 2030, according to a report released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
The report, "Amazon's Vicious Cycles: Drought and Fire," concludes that 55 percent...
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 | 7/13/2008 - If the deforestation process that is occurring from the Amazon to the Congo basin were to be slowed, it could generate billions of dollars each year that could then be used to aid developing nations as a part of a United Nations (UN) plan to fight climate change.
The burning of these forests by farmers...
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 | 4/28/2008 - Our health and vitality was described by the ancient sages of China as having a single major source -- our 'essence.' This essence is thought to be the rich substance that life springs from. We can think of it as the powerful substances at our core: bone marrow, sperm and reproductive fluids, and the...
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 | 3/7/2008 - If you enjoy eating exotic mushrooms, are interested in their nutritional and medicinal value and if you would like to learn how to establish mushrooms in your yard, garden or woods, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World by Paul Stamets will not disappoint you.
If the subtitle How...
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 | 8/24/2007 - The rapid expansion of the Chinese biofuels industry, along with the government's stated plans to convert huge swaths of forest into biofuels plantations, has many environmentalists worried for southwest China's unique ecologies.
In January, China's State Forestry Administration (SFA) announced an...
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 | 11/16/2006 - An analysis of the world's forests -- published in the Tuesday edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences -- has shown that an increasing number of countries are reversing the trend toward deforestation.
"From the new data, it seems possible that we could reverse a global trend...
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| 7/12/2004 - New research is revealing how plant seeds depend on smoke and even heat from fires to get them to sprout. It's a smart strategy for the seed, of course: smoke comes from fires, and fires mean that the soil is probably fertile with new ash. Plus, if weeds and grass have been burned to the ground, a new...
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