forests

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Researchers investigating an archaeological site in present-day Côte d'Ivoire found evidence that humans were living in wet tropical forests roughly 150,000 years ago.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Many of Raja's community, more widely known as the Onge, still live in near isolation in neat thatched homes on stilts in coastal forests.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

California’s 14 demonstration forests are required to produce and sell timber to show — or “demonstrate” — sustainable practices.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Elsewhere, what used to be roaming bands of Hadzabe men now work as village forest guards, tasked with patrolling vast scrub forests and acacia bushlands to look out for poachers, land grabbers and illegal loggers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

“He felt guilty because he grew up rich in a family that made millions cutting down forests in Washington and Oregon.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti