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Indonesia orangutan forest cleared for 'carbon-neutral' packaging firm

Apr 29, 2026 (AFP)

Pulp and paper firm Asia Symbol has a no-deforestation policy and supplied major companies like Haleon, the British pharmaceutical giant behind household brands...

Tropical forest loss eases after record year: researchers

Apr 29, 2026 (AFP)

The world lost 4.3 million hectares (10.6 million acres) of tropical primary rainforest last year -- down 36 percent from 2024, said researchers from the World ...

Amazon Deforestation Policies Found To Leave Forest Degradation Largely Unchecked

Apr 28, 2026 (SPX)

The findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. An international research team examined four major deforestation policies acr...

Climate risks set to reshape Europes forests by century end

Mar 09, 2026 (SPX)

Tree mortality has always been part of natural forest dynamics, as old trees die and younger cohorts establish the next canopy. What is changing is the scale at...

Deadly Indonesia floods force a deforestation reckoning

Feb 19, 2026 (AFP)

But environmentalists who have long warned about the risks of rampant deforestation fear the current response will not solve the problem, and could even make it...

Sudan's historic acacia forest devastated as war fuels logging

Feb 19, 2026 (AFP)

What was once a 1,500-hectare natural reserve has been "completely wiped out", Boushra Hamed, head of environmental affairs for Khartoum state, told AFP. Al-Sun...

Amazon deforestation drives hotter drier regional climate

Feb 16, 2026 (SPX)

Using satellite observations, researchers show that the loss of vegetation leads to higher surface temperatures, reduced evapotranspiration, and a sharp decline...

Rome fells majestic pine trees near Colosseum

Feb 13, 2026 (AFP)

The Italian capital's umbrella pines are as much a part of the landscape as the ruins and cobbled streets, and residents are fiercely attached to them. But thre...

Landsat study maps boreal forest shift north

Feb 08, 2026 (SPX)

In a study led by Feng and colleagues and published in Biogeosciences in February 2026, researchers examined how boreal forests have changed by leveraging the l...

Indigenous Brazilians protest Amazon river dredging for grain exports

Feb 05, 2026 (AFP)

Brazil's Indigenous communities have raised the alarm for months about port expansion on rivers they see as vital to their way of life, a grievance they protest...

Inside King Charles's passion project, focus of Amazon film

Jan 27, 2026 (AFP)

Now the King's Foundation based in Dumfries House, a sprawling 2,000-acre (809-hectare) estate in rural Ayrshire, southwest Scotland, will be at the heart of a ...

Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining belt

Jan 23, 2026 (AFP)

Behind the troops, a barrier restricted access to a developing mine site. One soldier brandished his weapon in a clear warning -- Kyembo should turn back instea...

Clearing small areas of rainforest has outsized climate impact: study

Jan 07, 2026 (AFP)

But new research suggests that deforestation on a much smaller scale is just as damaging for the climate, greatly reducing the capacity of tropical rainforests ...

Climate-driven tree deaths speeding up in Australia

Jan 06, 2026 (AFP)

The research used forest inventory data from 2,700 plots across the country, ranging from cool moist forests to dry savanna. It excluded areas affected by loggi...

Indonesia to revoke 22 forestry permits after deadly floods

Dec 15, 2025 (AFP)

Environmentalists and experts have pointed to the role forest loss played in flash flooding and landslides that this month killed more than 1,000 people and was...

How deforestation turbocharged Indonesia's deadly floods

Dec 02, 2025 (AFP)

Environmentalists, experts and even Indonesia's government have pointed to the role forest loss played in flash flooding and landslides that washed torrents of ...

In blow to Lula, Brazil Congress revives controversial environmental bill

Nov 27, 2025 (AFP)

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had vetoed dozens of provisions of what has been dubbed the "Devastation Bill", but Congress has the power to override those...

Restoration potential on urban fringes identified in Brazil

Nov 25, 2025 (SPX)

These areas, located around urban centers, include a mix of residential, agricultural, recreational, infrastructure, and aquatic zones. Historically, they have ...

First saplings from felled UK tree to be planted; EU states back new delay to anti-deforestation rules

Nov 22, 2025 (AFP)

Until September 2023, the tree had stood for nearly 200 years in a dramatic dip next to Hadrian's Wall, a Roman-era UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Engla...

Amazon research reveals centuries of human activity shape todays rainforest ecosystem

Nov 19, 2025 (SPX)

Study lead Crystal McMichael explained, "Our findings show that seemingly undisturbed parts of the Amazon forest have been shaped by people over hundreds or eve...