YOUNG WRITERS AWARD WINNER — SECOND PLACE

Song of the Western Ghats: A Green Island in a Crowded Land

By Priyanka Hari Haran

Nepal’s Road-Building Spree Pushes into the Heart of the Himalayas

By Broughton Coburn

Opinion

Let It Be: Why We Must Save Alaska’s Pristine Tongass Forest

By Kim Heacox

Could Abandoned Agricultural Lands Help Save the Planet?

By Richard Conniff

Listening to Nature: The Emerging Field of Bioacoustics

By Adam Welz

Amazon Watch: What Happens When the Forest Disappears?

By Fred Pearce

Interview

Why Keeping Mature Forests Intact Is Key to the Climate Fight

By Fen Montaigne

Analysis

Open for Business: The Trump Revolution on America’s Public Lands

By Jim Robbins

In Israel, Questions Are Raised about a Forest that Rises from the Desert

By Fred Pearce

Interview

Will Deforestation and Warming Push the Amazon to a Tipping Point?

By Fen Montaigne

In Nepal, Out-Migration Is Helping Fuel a Forest Resurgence

By Peter Gill

E360 Video Contest Winner — Second Place

In Ecuador, One Man’s Mission to Restore a Piece of the Rainforest

Analysis

Why Isn’t Publicly Funded Conservation on Private Land More Accountable?

By Richard Conniff

As Climate Changes, Colombia’s Small Coffee Farmers Pay the Price

By Richard Schiffman

China Wrestles with the Toxic Aftermath of Rare Earth Mining

By Michael Standaert

Scientists Zero in on Trees as a Surprisingly Large Source of Methane

By Fred Pearce

Interview

To Stop Destruction of Liberia’s Rainforest, He Put His Life on the Line

By Jocelyn C. Zuckerman

Geoengineer the Planet? More Scientists Now Say It Must Be an Option

By Fred Pearce

Analysis

Why Green Pledges Will Not Create the Natural Forests We Need

By Fred Pearce

As Mass Timber Takes Off, How Green Is This New Building Material?

By Jim Robbins

From Canadian Coal Mines, Toxic Pollution That Knows No Borders

By Chloe Williams