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Brazil's Amazon deforestation down 61% in January
Feb 10, 2023 (AFP)
Satellite images from the DETER monitoring system showed an area of 167 square kilometers had been destroyed, according to the INPE space research institute. Th...
Global wetland loss lower than previous estimates: study
Feb 08, 2023 (AFP)
Despite the seemingly good news that more of the precious ecosystems may be intact than previously believed, the authors said it was imperative to halt and reve...
General forest management critical for ecosystem services even with climate change
Feb 08, 2023 (SPX)
The study, led by researchers from the University of Jyvaskyla, used forest growth simulations to project forest dynamics in Finland 100 years into the future (...
Brazil deploys police as miners flee Yanomami territory
Feb 06, 2023 (AFP)
Justice Minister Flavio Dino said authorities estimate at least 15,000 people have illegally invaded the protected Amazon rainforest reservation, where Indigeno...
Thirteen dead as Chile forest fires provoke state of disaster
Feb 04, 2023 (AFP)
More than 100 homes have been affected and 47,000 hectares of forest destroyed since the fires broke out on Wednesday. "We have to announce that there are 13 de...
Planting more trees could decrease deaths from higher summer temperatures in cities by a third
Feb 01, 2023 (SPX)
"We already know that high temperatures in urban environments are associated with negative health outcomes, such as cardiorespiratory failure, hospital admissio...
Lebanese villagers try to stem illegal logging scourge
Feb 01, 2023 (AFP)
Near his village of Ainata, "nearly 150 centuries-old oak trees have been felled" in the past year, said Ghandi Rahme, pointing at the tree stumps in the rocky ...
Indigenous land rights help protect Brazil's forests
Jan 26, 2023 (AFP)
The findings, published in the journal PNAS Nexus, are the first to quantify the benefits of enhanced Indigenous land rights for Brazil's tropical rainforests, ...
One third of Amazon 'degraded' by human activity, drought: study
Jan 26, 2023 (AFP)
In a study published in the journal Science, the researchers said the damage done to the forest which spans nine countries is significantly greater than previou...
Protecting Amazon a tough task, says Brazil's environment minister
Jan 24, 2023 (AFP)
"It will be difficult," Silva acknowledged in an interview with AFP on Monday night. Just three weeks into the job, Silva said the environmental situation in he...
Forests face fierce threats from multiple industries, not just agricultural expansion
Jan 22, 2023 (SPX)
Agriculture is commonly considered to be the major culprit behind forest loss, but the authors of a new paper publishing on January 20 in the journal One Earth ...
Sudan's prized gum trees ward off drought but workers wither
Jan 22, 2023 (AFP)
Gum arabic, golden blobs of resin tapped from thorny acacia trees, is an emulsifying agent virtually irreplaceable for global industry. The ingredient is used i...
Study sheds light on how human activities shape global forest structure
Jan 20, 2023 (SPX)
Forests are expected to be mostly intact in protected areas (PAs) and so-called intact forest landscapes (IFLs). However, human impacts are expanding and intens...
Brazil begins first operations to protect Amazon
Jan 20, 2023 (AFP)
On the campaign trail before his October election victory -- when he defeated far right climate change skeptic Jair Bolsonaro -- Lula promised to end deforestat...
Lula calls for regional policy to preserve Amazon
Jan 19, 2023 (AFP)
Tackling the "climate issue today is necessary in order to preserve the human species on the planet and everyone has a responsibility," Lula said in an intervie...
Special drone collects environmental DNA from trees
Jan 19, 2023 (SPX)
Obtaining samples from water or soil is easy, but other habitats - such as the forest canopy - are difficult for researchers to access. As a result, many specie...
Deforestation imperils famed DR Congo reserve as refugees flood in
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
In less than two months, more than 200 hectares (500 acres) of forest have been razed to stumps in this corner of the Virunga National Park, where tens of thous...
Most rainforest carbon offsets 'worthless': media analysis
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
Buying carbon credits by financing projects to protect rainforests has become a popular way for companies to claim they are carbon neutral, even though their ac...
New Indonesia capital imperils ancient Eden with 'ecological disaster'
Jan 11, 2023 (AFP)
Located in eastern Borneo -- the world's third-largest island -- Nusantara is set to replace sinking and polluted Jakarta as Indonesia's political centre by lat...
Brazilian Amazon deforestation up 150% in Bolsonaro's last month
Jan 06, 2023 (AFP)
Satellite monitoring detected 218.4 square kilometers (84.3 square miles) of forest cover destroyed in Brazil's share of the world's biggest rainforest last mon...
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