Indonesia’s forestry ministry has posted a notice saying it will use a controversial internet law to prosecute anyone who downloads geospatial data without its written permission, threatening prison terms of up to nine years. A ministry official clarified it was restricting access only to data in the widely used shapefile format. Legal scholars say the

What’s the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: do we protect forests entirely, or harvest trees to support local economies and communities? The reality is more interesting, as our new research on a long-forgotten experiment in Victoria’s mountain ash forests reveals.

The Ogun State Government has called on plank sellers and woodworkers in the state to engage in tree planting to boost afforestation, protect the environment and preserve the state’s forest reserves. State Commissioner for Forestry, Taiwo Oludotun, gave the charge at the 10th anniversary of the Irewolede Plank Sellers and Wood Workers Association in Ogun

Africa, Conferences, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors’ Choice, Energy, Environment, Featured, Food Systems, Headlines, Human Rights, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Mohamed Abakar, Head of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition at the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) during the convening in Yaounde. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Sep

Is it better for the planet to save a tree or cut it down? Elementary school students fresh off an Earth Day lesson would probably suggest saving the tree. Reasonably well-informed adults would explain that living trees absorb carbon dioxide, growing atmospheric concentrations of which are raising global temperatures. A climate scientist might say that

Close-up photo of the head of an adult female Clemencantha goliath. Credit: Braxton Jones/University of Sydney The discoveries could help manage stick insect outbreaks and reduce their impact on forestry and agriculture. Australia’s coastal landscapes are home to large stick insects belonging to the genus Anchiale, a group of closely related species. For decades, scientists

John Deere’s new forestry saw teeth maintain performance in abrasive conditions The no-shank hardened beaver saw teeth are available in multiple kerf sizes By Heavy Equipment Guide Staff September 11, 2026 John Deere has expanded its line of aftermarket forestry saw teeth with the new saw teeth. The patented no-shank hardened beaver saw teeth are

Employees with Davey Tree Care Services remove storm damaged tree limbs along Ford Boulevard in Windsor on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. The company, contracted by the City of Windsor have multiple crews helping with the cleanup fromlast week’s tornado. Photo by Dan Janisse Article content It could take Windsor forestry crews weeks to clean up

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 9, 2026 1:37 pm Updated September 9, 2026 9:16 pm 1 min read 2:10 BC forest sector “breaking point” B.C.’s forestry sector is warning action needs to be taken immediately to save the industry. 15 groups representing the province’s forestry sector penning a letter to premier David Eby