Forests Stories

Bringing forest restoration to life
As restoration coordinator for forest restoration organization Copaíba, Mayra Flores works manages activities on the ground to bring forest recovery projects to life.
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Tuning In to a Forest’s Stories In Costa Rica
WWF Magazine: Winter 2015 -
Stopping Illegal Logging in Africa
September 10, 2015Many wood products in American homes—from the kitchen table to hardwood floors—come from the same forested areas in Africa where elephants, rhinos, lions and other magnificent species roam wild. Few purchasers know that the wood from these forests is illegal. It was harvested, transported, processed, bought or sold in violation of national laws.
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Twenty-Five Years in the Amazon
August 25, 2015WWF's Meg Symington describes the luck and rewards of working to save the Amazon rain forest.
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Endangered species threatened by unsustainable palm oil production
The world’s most popular vegetable oil—palm oil—is produced in tropical rain forests everywhere. While it can be produced sustainably, palm oil made with conventional production methods can lead to unchecked agricultural expansion that threatens forests and wildlife.
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Saving Thirty Hills
August 12, 2015The Indonesian island of Sumatra—one of the most biodiverse places on the planet—has lost more than half of its forest cover in the last thirty years. But there are stands of amazing, still-intact forest in Sumatra, and Thirty Hills is one of them.
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What is REDD+?
WWF Magazine: Fall 2015 -
Deforestation in Peru
WWF Magazine: Fall 2015How indigenous communities, government agencies, nonprofits and businesses work together to stop the clearing of forests -
Forests, Climate Change and the Role Green Giants Play
July 07, 2015Remember learning about photosynthesis back in school? This week, let’s go back to our science roots (pun unintended!) to see how this natural process makes forests both a contributor and solution to climate change. To understand the complex relation between forests and climate change, it is important to see trees and plants as playing multiple roles on the stage that is our planet.
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WWF and Apple Commit to Help Protect China’s Forests
May 10, 2015Through a new project, WWF and Apple will help China—the world’s largest producer and consumer of paper products—reduce its environmental footprint by producing paper products from responsibly managed forests within its own borders.
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11 of the world’s most threatened forests
April 27, 2015The Amazon, central Africa, the Mekong. These are home to some of the world’s most species-rich, culturally significant and stunningly beautiful forests. But large swaths of these forests, and many others around the world, may not be there in 15 years if we don’t do more to save them.
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Should We Care About the Difference Between the Forest and the Trees?
WWF Magazine: Summer 2015How can we map deforestation and forest degradation in a way that distinguishes between a functioning forest and a simple group of trees? -
Bhutan Rising
WWF Magazine: Summer 2015As Bhutan’s fortunes rise, its natural and cultural heritage rest in the balance. -
Netflix Teams with WWF and Silverback Films to Create Natural History Series Our Planet
April 15, 2015Netflix is teaming up with WWF and Silverback Films on an ambitious four-year project: an eight-part series that explores never-before-filmed wilderness areas in stunning 4K HD.
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Orangutans and Palm Oil: Protecting Forests to Help Great Apes
WWF Magazine: Summer 2015Palm oil plantations and illegal logging drive habitat loss -
Reclaimed Wood Products Take a Load off of Forests
WWF Magazine: Summer 2015Increasingly, people are repurposing wood products—rendering barn siding into floorboards and shaping pallets into furniture, all without logging another tree. -
For Love of Forests in Nepal
April 14, 2015Forests occupy a special space for me, offering the ultimate escape and connection to natural beauty. This emerges with the cool, refereshing breeze, freshwater flowing, and wildlife thriving. Living in Washington, DC, for most of the last 10 years, I find exiting the urban environment and entering the forest is less a desire and more a necessity.
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7 Products You Didn’t Know Come from Trees
Forests give us so much—fresh air, clean water, wildlife and tranquil surroundings. But—as some of you probably know—the trees that grow in these forests also provide us with many products we use in our everyday life. From paper towels and toilet paper, to the wooden coffee tables we place our newspapers and magazines on, products from trees are all around us.
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Celebrate College Basketball and Protecting Forests
April 03, 2015This weekend's college basketball finals are a time to celebrate great basketball – and protecting the world’s forests. Why? Because the games will be played on floors certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
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10 Species that Hug Trees
April 02, 2015Eighty percent of the world’s known terrestrial plant and animal species can be found in forests. Cool fact: a square kilometer of forest may be home to more than 1,000 species. Yet forests are disappearing at an alarming rate—18.7 million acres of forests annually, equivalent to 27 soccer fields every minute. Check out these species that hug trees.
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Price of Toilet Paper for the Planet
WWF Magazine: Spring 2015 -
Alternatives to Wood
January 13, 2015Trees are cut down at a rapid rate to meet the demand for products we all use. Some are products that often are on our weekly shopping lists, such as toilet paper, diapers and tissues. What if we used something other than newly-harvested trees to create these products?
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How Can We Help Mountain Gorillas Deal With Climate Change?
WWF Magazine: Winter 2014Which traits of mountain gorillas might allow them to tolerate or respond to rapidly changing climate conditions, and how can WWF help? -
Amazon River Cruise
WWF Magazine: Winter 2014The sounds and silences of floating down the Amazon -
What's Behind the FSC Logo?
September 18, 2014When you see that symbol, you don’t have to wonder whether pristine forests were destroyed to make the product or whether the workers wielding chainsaws were paid a living wage. Because when you see the FSC logo, you know the product can be traced back to a company that has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.