The Men Who Live Unknown Beyond the Caspian Sea
There are many famous mountain ranges across the world, and many famous groups have called them home. But the…
Tag: Forests
What Makes the Perfect Forest for the Perfect Fall?
Depending on where you live in the world, you may be opening this story with every tree in your…
UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2023: Central Asia Winning Out
The 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee took place in Riyadh from the 10th to the 25th of…
Giant Study Says Increase Native Tree Richness and Control Maritime Ports to Prevent Invasive Species Epidemics
In Northern Italy, every year between May and June, the forests are alive with the humming of bees. Forest…
Reforestation is Difficult: But Local Farmers of NGO Green Again Madagascar Are on Top of It
This is Part 2 of a two-part exclusive on World at Large. Some sections are taken from Part 1,…
Tree Growing Nonprofit in Madagascar is Sprouting Entrepreneurs With Unique Training and Funding
This is Part 1 of a two-part exclusive on World at Large. Out in the ultra-rural jungles of eastern…
Fishing Communities Finding Better Catch with Mangroves than with Artificial Aquaculture
In 1980 in Pangpang Bay on the island of Java, Indonesia, fishing communities believed they could make a better…
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Gets a Chance at A Fresh Start Through Restoration
PICTURED: Trilha da Figueira Nature Reserve in Brazil’s Paraná state. PC: João P. Burini. CC 4.0. The oft-ignored middle-child…
There Are 9,000 Undiscovered Tree Species, Kept Genetically Healthy By Ancient Trees
Story at a glance… Ancient trees contain genetic information vital to helping forests adapt to changing conditions These trees…
Millions of Hectares of Rainforest Spared From Development by Indonesian Government: Conservationists Remain Wary
PICTURED: Revoked oil palm plantation permits total 1.7 million hectares. On January 6th, Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that…
Apparent Sacrificing of Secondary Forests is Saving Virgin Ones
PICTURED: A slash and burn agriculture landscape in the Amazon. PC: Matt Zimmerman. CC 2.0. Year over year increases…
1,470 Jaguars Killed or Displaced by Fires and Deforestation Since 2016
Story at a glance… These 1,500 jaguars have been killed or displaced, amounts to 2% of the global population.…
Natural Regeneration is Much More Biodiverse and Cheaper Than Mass Tree Planting
Story at a glance… Reforestation is key to fighting the effects of climate change, yet not all strategies of…
The Hidden Lives of Trees Shows a World of Cooperation, Awareness, and Intelligence in Plants
PICTURED: Beech trees, like this one in the Carpathian Mountains, were what covered most of the forests in primeval…
Touring the Carpathians — an Almost Perfect Forest I Thought
As I mentioned before and will quickly reiterate again, the Carpathian Mountains is the third longest mountain chain in…
Bee-lieve it or Not, Beekeepers Are the Last Defense Between Illegal Deforestation and Amur Tigers
PICTURED: Beekeepers and hunters of Primorye have united to preserve the honey-bearing forests. Photo credit: Evgeny Lepeshkin WWF Russia.…
Colombian Ex-Guerrillas Turn into Citizen Scientists Using Their Knowledge of the Jungle to Protect Biodiversity
In 2016, when the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace agreement with the Colombian government, scientists…
New National Forest Initiative Spanning the Length and Breadth of Wales Will Link Fragmented Forests Across the Country
PICTURED: Ceunant Llennyrch Woodland Trail, near Coed Felinrhyd rainforest, Wales. Photo credit: Barry Hunter. CC 2.0 Reprinted with permission…
How To Curb Rising World Temperatures Without Getting Rid Of Fossil Fuels
In April, World at Large reported on an ambitious plan to combat rising world temperatures that earned researchers at…
The Fifth Oldest Tree In The World Was Discovered In US, But It’s Not A Sequoia
Bladen, North Carolina, 2017. In a stand of bald cypress trees on a North Carolina nature conservancy, scientists discovered…