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Australia's Role in Global Forest Carbon Decline Uncovered
Jul 18, 2024 (SPX)
Published in Nature, the research was led by Dr. Yude Pan from the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station in the United States. Dr. Heather Keith from G...
Urban Forests in the US Show Varied Climate Adaptability
Jul 15, 2024 (SPX)
Urban forests contribute to improved air quality, cooling effects, and provide recreational green spaces, while also serving as vital ecological habitats. Last ...
Bangladesh charges 26 for destruction of vast mangrove forest
Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)
"They have destroyed parts of a unique ecosystem, which has been declared as an ECA (Ecologically Critical Area)," Jamir Uddin, a deputy director of the environ...
Colombia hails deforestation drop
Jul 08, 2024 (AFP)
Colombia still lost almost 80,000 hectares (197,700 acres) of forest last year, an area the size of New York City. However, this is 36 percent less than the amo...
African leaders urge UN to prioritise tree planting drive
Jul 05, 2024 (AFP)
The declaration said the leaders had urged "the adoption of a resolution by the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations to officially endorse" the plan ahea...
Satellite images show deforestation toll of Indonesia mines
Jul 05, 2024 (AFP)
The TreeMap, a conservation start-up, used high-resolution imagery from several satellites and two decades of data from the long-running Landsat programme to ma...
Nigerians strive to bring mangrove forests back to life
Jun 28, 2024 (AFP)
The team members plunge their shovels into the mud and slot in saplings at the site in Bundu, a shanty town on the outskirts of the southern oil city Port Harco...
Indonesia palm oil firm accused of illegal deforestation
Jun 26, 2024 (AFP)
Friends of the Earth US, Indonesia and Netherlands blame a "complex, poorly enforced and frequently changing legal regime" for a rise in deforestation linked to...
US urges EU to delay anti-deforestation law
Jun 20, 2024 (AFP)
The EU law, set to take effect at the end of December, will bar a vast range of goods -- from coffee to cocoa, soy, timber, palm oil, cattle, printing paper and...
Lula calls for 'agility' in combatting Amazon deforestation crime
Jun 18, 2024 (AFP)
"Never before in the history of Brazil have people thought of taking such an extraordinary step to tend to the Amazon as now," Lula said as he signed the agreem...
Carbon credits protecting forests use flawed calculations: study
Jun 12, 2024 (AFP)
The study focused on a controversial type of carbon credit, which is based on protecting forests against any future deforestation. Under this scheme, a business...
'All Eyes on Papua' campaign generates interest in deforestation cases
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
Mimicking the 'All Eyes on Rafah' graphic that splashed across social media last month, the 'All Eyes on Papua' image has been shared nearly three million times...
Indian Islamic centre warns Muslims against felling trees
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
Much of northern India has been gripped by a deadly heatwave with temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit), killing scores of people by he...
DR Congo capital hosts forest forum
May 31, 2024 (AFP)
The basin spans 220 million hectares (850,000 square miles) across several countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congo-Brazzaville and Gab...
Vast concessions threaten Malaysia's forest: report
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
NGO RimbaWatch said its analysis of concessions in the country's forest showed up to 3.2 million hectares could be slashed, potentially unleashing enormous carb...
Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado higher than in Amazon: report
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
In the Cerrado, which extends through central Brazil and into neighboring Paraguay and Bolivia, more than 1.11 million hectares (2.74 million acres) were destro...
Deforestation exacerbated deadly Brazil floods: experts
May 22, 2024 (AFP)
The key agricultural state of Rio Grande do Sul has been hit by an unprecedented climate disaster for the past three weeks, with cities and rural areas alike in...
Half of mangrove ecosystems at risk: conservationists
May 21, 2024 (AFP)
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), known for its red list of threatened species, has for the first time taken stock of the world's mangr...
Flour and Oats Power Biohybrid Robot for Reforestation
May 14, 2024 (SPX)
HybriBot has been described in a paper recently published in the international scientific journal Advanced Materials; it is born within the framework of the Eur...
Envious shamans and pollution: Diverse threats to Ecuadoran Amazon
May 10, 2024 (AFP)
Experts, however, point the finger at pollution, deforestation and climate change wreaking havoc on the second-largest protected area in Ecuador. Shaman Rogelio...
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