Besides providing habitats for animals and livelihoods for humans, forests also offer watershed protection, prevent soil erosion and mitigate climate change. Yet, despite our dependence on forests, we ...

Unfortunately this degradation — along with other environmental impacts like wildfires and soil erosion to the forest and trail system — has larger ramifications than just an eye sore on the ...

Meeting the global demand involves clearing forests to make way for new avocado plantations. This process ends up destroying ...

"Community members become stewards of the land itself." New 'pocket forests' are transforming cities in a quiet way: 'They ...

Some residents have unknowingly contributed to their erosion problems by ... Over time, the forest has naturally reclaimed and stabilized the soil in some areas. The couple has also intervened ...

Initial location: Los Angeles County, Calif. Eatonhurst Postfire Baer initially started 3:12 a.m. Jan. 18 in Los Angeles ...

The country's first transaction for a carbon sink generated by water loss and soil erosion control took place in December ...

A 110,000-ton carbon sink was generated in the basin in the past over two decades following comprehensive soil erosion control measures, including land leveling for afforestation, forest nurturing ...