ASHLAND, Ore. — When Jud Parsons took over management of the family’s forestland on the flanks of Mount Ashland in the 1950s, southern Oregon was in the midst of a timber boom that saw clear-cuts on ...

Selective logging--the practice of removing one or two trees and leaving the rest intact--is often considered a sustainable alternative to clear-cutting, in which a large swath of forest is cut down, ...

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest. Developed by the University of Sheffield, the technology uses satellite ...

A study shows that selective-logging leases accounted for the highest rate of deforestation in three provinces studied from 2013 to 2016. While the discovery came as a surprise, the researchers ...

Amazonian forests are unlikely to provide enough timber to meet current demand over the long term, even with the use of improved logging practices. That is a key finding of a new study led by the ...

A new study finds nearly as few fish species in selectively logged forests as they did in forests clear-cut for plantations. Both selectively logged and clear-cut areas had around half the number fish ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an area the size of Costa Rica over the next ...

Amazonian forests are unlikely to provide enough timber to meet current demand over the long term, even with the use of improved logging practices. Camille Piponiot, junior scientist from the ...