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EU proposes new one-year delay to anti-deforestation rules
Sep 23, 2025 (AFP)
The bill, which bans imports of products driving deforestation, is currently set to take effect at the end this year after its entry into force was pushed back ...
EU proposes new delay to anti-deforestation rules
Sep 23, 2025 (AFP)
Environmental groups reacted angrily to the prospect of postponing the bill, which was to ban imports of products driving deforestation from the end of 2025, sa...
Brazil's Amazon lost area the size of Spain in 40 years: study
Sep 15, 2025 (AFP)
The Amazon was approaching a "point of no return" of 20 to 25 percent vegetation loss at which it "ceases to sustain itself as a rainforest," said Bruno Ferreir...
Australia halts logging for koala haven on eastern coast
Sep 07, 2025 (AFP)
The New South Wales government imposed a ban effective from Monday on logging across 176,000 hectares (435,000 acres) of forest on the state's north coast for a...
Indonesia's delayed new capital risks 'white elephant' status
Sep 07, 2025 (AFP)
The legacy project of former president Joko Widodo is battling a slashed budget, slowed construction and a deficit of interest from a new leader focused on soci...
Judge orders trial in murder of Honduran conservationist
Sep 03, 2025 (AFP)
Activist Juan Lopez, who was also a local lawmaker, was shot on the night of September 14 as he left a church in the northeastern town of Tocoa. The killing dre...
Uganda biomass use may improve through Aston University mapping data
Aug 21, 2025 (SPX)
Scientists at the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) have created detailed maps of forest biomass supply and local energy demand. Their work highl...
North Carolina braces for flooding from Hurricane Erin
Aug 21, 2025 (AFP)
Hurricane Erin's furthest bands began brushing the outer banks of North Carolina's coast Wednesday, where the Category 2 storm triggered mandatory evacuation or...
Brazil records 65 percent drop in Amazon area burned by fire
Aug 20, 2025 (AFP)
The area of Amazon rainforest lost to fires in Brazil in July fell 65 percent compared to a year ago, the MapBiomas monitoring platform said Wednesday, boosting...
US demand for RVs fuels deforestation on Indonesia's Borneo: NGOs
Aug 20, 2025 (AFP)
Tropical wood demand from some of America's top RV brands is fuelling deforestation on the Indonesian island of Borneo, home to Asia's last great rainforest, ac...
Fight to save last forests of the Comoros unites farmers, NGOs
Aug 18, 2025 (AFP)
Strips of bare land scar the lush and green mountainsides towering above Mutsamudu, the capital of the Indian Ocean island of Anjouan. On the most mountainous a...
Brazil's Lula vetoes parts of environmental 'devastation bill'
Aug 08, 2025 (AFP)
Dubbed the "devastation bill" by its detractors, the text recently adopted by lawmakers would have loosened environmental licensing laws for projects considered...
A weakening forest buffer challenges EU climate goals
Aug 01, 2025 (SPX)
The study emphasizes the importance of understanding forest carbon absorption as a cornerstone for climate strategy. Based on ESA-supported Earth observation da...
House razings to save Niger capital's forest shield dismay locals
Aug 01, 2025 (AFP)
His is one of nearly 500 homes being bulldozed as the authorities in the arid desert country, which is particularly at risk from man-made global warming, seek t...
EU urged to act on forests' faltering absorption of carbon
Jul 30, 2025 (AFP)
Forests, which cover 40 percent of the European Union's territory, are expected to play a crucial role in efforts to meet targets for overall reductions of the ...
'Lungs of the Earth': the Indonesians fighting for peatland
Jul 25, 2025 (AFP)
His oar stirred up rich organic material in the brackish water, evidence of the layers of plant matter that make peatlands vital carbon dioxide stores and key t...
Proof of life: tracking elusive Amazon group to save their land
Jul 24, 2025 (AFP)
Archaeological finds like these keep turning up, and date back to at least 2009, with members of a neighboring clan claiming to have caught glimpses of individu...
Two men who chopped down iconic UK tree handed jail sentences
Jul 15, 2025 (AFP)
A jury at Newcastle Crown Court found former friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, guilty in May of criminal damage for the 2023 felling of the tr...
Chloris Geospatial secures funding to expand forest carbon monitoring technology
Jul 11, 2025 (SPX)
The funding will help the Boston-based firm scale its product development, grow commercial and technical teams, and expand its footprint with a new European hub...
Satellite observations provide insight into post-wildfire forest recovery
Jul 08, 2025 (SPX)
Impact Statement: Satellite observations may be an efficient, cost-effective way for land managers to evaluate forest recovery after wildfires. Using satellite ...
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