The guide provides information on more than 50 lesser known timber species that are highly valuable but often overlooked. The heavy exploitation of a few highly valuable commercial timber species such ...

Trees are typically organized into two categories: hardwoods (angiosperms) and softwoods (gymnosperms). A new study suggests that there is a third type of wood—known as “midwood”—that could explain ...

Ipê trees could be on the brink of extinction despite international pressure on Brazil Resilient, rare, and incredibly lucrative on international markets, ipê trees are the unlucky bellwethers of ...