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Reevaluation of carbon-capture models highlights inaccuracies
May 06, 2024 (SPX)
"The climate crisis is heightening, with 2023 representing the warmest year on record," Yin explained. "Nature-based solutions have an important role to play in...
Market-based schemes not reducing deforestation, poverty: report
May 05, 2024 (AFP)
The global study -- the most comprehensive of its kind to date -- found that trade and finance-driven initiatives had made "limited" progress halting deforestat...
Two charged in UK over 'Robin Hood tree' cut down
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
The tree, which stood for more than 200 years in the Northumberland National Park, was found fallen in September 2023 following storms. Daniel Graham, 38, and A...
How can forests be reforested in a climate-friendly way
Apr 30, 2024 (SPX)
Although European forests are naturally home to a mix of trees, the number of tree species is lower than in climatically comparable areas of North America or Ea...
Despite gains in Brazil, forest destruction still 'stubbornly' high: report
Apr 04, 2024 (AFP)
Tropical forests absorb carbon and are a vital ally in the fight against climate change, but they are also the most ravaged by deforestation. High rates of trop...
Europe's overlooked Aspen forests: key to enhancing biodiversity and climate resilience
Apr 01, 2024 (SPX)
The team's research, centered in Czechia but applicable across central Europe, utilized over four million forest site analyses, combining field data, remote sen...
Presidents of Brazil, France announce green investment plan on Amazon visit
Mar 27, 2024 (AFP)
The pair's trip to Belem, the northern host city of a major UN climate summit next year, makes Macron the first president of France to visit Brazil in over a de...
Planting trees in wrong places heats the planet: study
Mar 26, 2024 (AFP)
Trees soak up carbon dioxide and restoring areas of degraded woodlands or planting saplings to boost forest cover is one tool in the fight against climate chang...
Brazil's Indigenous people turn to EU to save their savanna
Mar 25, 2024 (AFP)
An Indigenous delegation taking up the issue during a visit to Brussels said that the oversight -- for a region that supplies Europe with soy -- is "a question ...
Brazil Amazon deforestation lowest in Jan-Feb period since 2018
Mar 18, 2024 (AFP)
In January and February, 196 square kilometers (76 square miles) of the Amazon was deforested, 63 percent less than in the same period in 2023. That area is sti...
EU visit seeks to soothe S.America worries about deforestation trade rules
Mar 14, 2024 (AFP)
The trip by Virginijus Sinkevicius to Paraguay, Ecuador and Bolivia addresses concerns Latin American exporters have about the new rules, passed in 2022 and com...
Giant redwoods thriving in the UK: experts
Mar 13, 2024 (AFP)
The towering giant sequoias, which can soar as high as 90 metres (295 feet) and live for up to 3,000 years, were first planted in the UK in the mid-19th century...
In wake of powerful cyclone, remarkable recovery of Pacific island's forests
Mar 04, 2024 (SPX)
In the Pacific islands, climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of cyclones, causing huge potential risks to forests and the people w...
Activists occupy German forest to block Tesla expansion
Feb 29, 2024 (AFP)
Tesla wants to expand its factory in Gruenheide, southeast of the capital, by 170 hectares (420 acres) and boost production up to one million vehicles annually....
Nearly 3,000 fires in Brazilian Amazon in February, new record
Feb 28, 2024 (AFP)
Brazil's INPE space research institute said Wednesday its satellites had picked up 2,940 fires so far this month, 67 percent more than the previous high of 1,76...
Major firms still failing to tackle deforestation: report
Feb 27, 2024 (AFP)
From land clearance for cattle farming to palm oil plantations, there is growing recognition of the human-driven threats to the world's forests and the importan...
A century of reforestation helped keep the eastern US cool
Feb 15, 2024 (SPX)
"It's all about figuring out how much forests can cool down our environment and the extent of the effect," said Mallory Barnes, lead author of the study and an ...
Amazon rainforest may face tipping point by 2050: study
Feb 14, 2024 (AFP)
The Amazon, which holds more than 10 percent of the world's biodiversity, helps stabilise the global climate by storing the equivalent of around two decades of ...
New mayor hopes trees will cool Athens down
Jan 30, 2024 (AFP)
Scorching summer heatwaves can make the city of tightly-packed concrete office and apartment blocks almost unbearable, with temperatures topping 40 degrees Cels...
China-funded nickel hub stoking deforestation on Indonesia island: report
Jan 18, 2024 (AFP)
With EVs surging in popularity, there has been a huge rush to world-leading nickel producer Indonesia in recent years by domestic and foreign companies looking ...
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