Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 2017 New Zealand law recognizes inherent rights of the Whanganui River. Jason Pratt, CC BY-SA While the dangerous effects of ...

Environment and Resource Economics is an interdisciplinary field that integrates economic analysis with ecological principles, addressing how natural resource scarcity, externalities and environmental ...

There’s nothing better for me than being immersed in nature. Whether I’m staring up into redwood trees, coming across a profusion of wildflowers, listening to ocean waves, or being mesmerized by a ...

Natural resource management is the practice of sustainably using and protecting natural resources. Natural resources include land, water, air, minerals, forests, fish, and wildlife. Managing natural ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. The world today faces a convergence of crises – environmental, economic, ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Hispanic Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. For as long as I can remember, I ...

Economics and the problems facing the earth are intertwined. Human economic activity has caused global warming and a biodiversity preservation crisis. Graduate School of Human Development and ...

Picture a classroom where children struggle to concentrate as temperatures soar past 80 degrees, their aging school building's broken air conditioning no match for another record-breaking heat wave.

At a time when more than half the world’s population lives in cities and people spend about 90 percent of their lives indoors, our relationship with the natural world has never been more distant or ...

If you feel more relaxed and recharged after a walk in the woods or a day at the beach, there is a psychological reason for that. Interacting with the natural world is not only good for our body, but ...