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Over the past three decades, the U.N. says Afghanistan's forest cover has decreased by about 50 percent — to just about 2 percent of the country's land. The main reason is the illegal harvesting and trade of timber. A visit to Kunar province, near the Pakistan border, reveals that many people, from top officials down, are involved.

The Northern Forest Center helps create economic opportunity and community vitality from healthy working forests. David Benckendorf participated in the…

Hotels have collected a record $2.25 billion in fees this year. That's a 6 percent jump over last year and nearly twice that of a decade ago.

Cheadle stars in the new film Hotel Rwanda playing a hotel manager who shelters over a 1,000 refugees from genocide. It's based on the true story of Paul Rusesabagina. Cheadle's other films include Devil in a Blue Dress, Boogie Nights, Ocean's Eleven, and Traffic. This interview was originally broadcast on April 6, 2004.

Every weekend in cities across the country, youth volleyball tournaments provide life lessons for players and pump millions of dollars into local economies.

EarthTalk® E - The Environmental MagazineDear EarthTalk: In recent years the hotel industry began to green up operations, but has it yet gone beyond…

The amount of New Hampshire land covered by forests is declining over time. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public…

You may think you know who is homeless and where they live, but think again. Some homeless families are finding shelter in a surprising place: hotels. Host Michel Martin talks with Monica Potts, who's covered this issue for The American Prospect magazine.

Majority ownership of the Soria Moria hotel in Siem Reap now includes all 29 full-time employees, putting control of the hotel in the hands of workers who may have never had this kind of opportunity before.

Federal plans to thin forests after summer wildfires in the West have pitted environmentalists against loggers. But in Idaho, a cleanup and prevention project in a small patch of national forest has broad-based support. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.