A group of 87 Russian scientists has called on President Vladimir Putin to block a controversial bill that would allow clear-cut logging along the shores of Lake Baikal, the Kommersant business newspaperreported Tuesday,

New research explains why forests planted for logging purposes fuel devastating wildfires more often than untouched land.

Australia halted logging in a large stretch of woodland on the country's eastern coast Sunday to create a retreat for koalas and save the local population from extinction."Koalas are at risk of extinction in the wild in NSW -- that's unthinkable.

The company says the blockade is causing the company "irreparable" financial losses. The protestors say the proposed injunction is unnecessarily broad and amounts to an impairment of civil liberties.

Members of Peru’s Mashco Piro tribe have been seen entering another Indigenous groups village in the Amazon as a logging company builds a bridge near their territory, according to an Indigenous group.

President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to increase logging, calling it a matter of critical national importance.

Logging in disguise: How forest thinning is making wildfires worse The U.S. Forest Service clears trees from public lands in the name of fire prevention, but it doesn’t work. There are better ...

For decades, Oregon’s timber industry has promoted the idea that private, logged lands are less prone to wildfires. The problem? Science doesn’t support that.

The Trump administration's plan to boost timber production on federal lands faces pushback about wildfires, environmental concerns and economics.