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Owen Bennett-Jones reports from Geneva that the United States stands accused of dragging its feet on an agreement to safeguard the future of the world's forests. Nearly every country attending a conference in Geneva, sponsored by the United Nations, agrees that forests that have been logged must be replanted with native species. The consensus breaks down over a call for the formal agreement or convention.

Kerstin Gier's new young adult novel takes place at a grandly faded resort high up in the Swiss Alps, where young intern Sophie is surrounded by a complex, international cast of characters.

From member station WNYC in New York, Annie Cheney has the story of the Hudson Hotel. Once a haven for low income New Yorkers, the Hudson has gone way upscale. The long term tenants are staying on too, but the hotel is taking pains to make sure the two classes of tenants never meet.

Desperate African migrants often camp out in the forest for months or years waiting for a chance to jump fences and walls toward two nearby Spanish enclaves — their opportunity to reach Europe.

New Hampshire forests have been defoliated for the second year in a row by the invasive caterpillar now known as the spongy moth. But there is a native bird who benefits from the outbreak.

Spending time in the forest isn't just enjoyable, it's good for your health. NPR's Life Kit has research-backed exercises to try the next time you're among trees.

Threats to forest health from three exotic insect pests including Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, Asian Longhorn Beetle and Emerald Ash Borer loom large over the…

Daniel talks with Karen Schwab of Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital about how it's started offering hotel service to family members of patients who are critically ill. The rooms cost $150 dollars a night and offer amenities such as the New York Times each morning, cable TV service, and high tea in the afternoon.

#FindYourPark? Numerous forests, nature reserves and wilderness areas lost their green markings on Google's and Apple's maps, catching forest officials by surprise.

President Gabriel Boric on Sunday warned that the death toll "will increase significantly." The fires burned with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar.