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Tentative tree planting 'decades overdue' in sweltering Athens

Apr 22, 2025 (AFP)

This is Athens' first "micro-forest", part of an initiative by recently elected mayor Haris Doukas to plant 5,000 trees annually in the thickly concreted city, ...

Papua New Guinea lifts ban on forest carbon credits

Apr 10, 2025 (AFP)

The island of New Guinea is cloaked in the world's third-largest rainforest belt, helping the planet breathe by sucking in carbon dioxide gas and turning it int...

AI tool aims to help conserve Japan's cherry trees

Apr 10, 2025 (AFP)

The "sakura" season is feverishly anticipated by locals and visitors alike, with the profusion of the stunning blossoms marking the start of spring. But many of...

'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest

Apr 04, 2025 (AFP)

"This beautiful, diverse community of trees and animals is being destroyed as you see it, as you watch it," she said. Birchenko, a geneticist at Royal Botanic G...

CORRECTED: 'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest

Apr 04, 2025 (AFP)

"This beautiful, diverse community of trees and animals is being destroyed as you see it, as you watch it," she said. Birchenko, a geneticist at Royal Botanic G...

Lula admits 'still a lot to do' for Indigenous Brazilians

Apr 04, 2025 (AFP)

Lula, who will host this year's UN climate change conference in the Amazon city of Belem in November, made the remarks during a visit to the village of the Amaz...

How a Brazilian chief is staving off Amazon destruction

Apr 02, 2025 (AFP)

As you approach his Capoto/Jarina Indigenous territory in Mato Grosso state, large single-crop farms of soybean or maize give way to lush, verdant rainforest. T...

Make progress on deforestation pledge, nations urged before COP30

Mar 20, 2025 (AFP)

But more than six million hectares (14.8 million acres) was razed in 2023 -- an area equivalent to nine million football pitches, according to an assessment in ...

Satellite study tracks three decades of forest growth in southern Spain

Mar 19, 2025 (SPX)

Researchers from the Terrestrial Ecology group at the University of Cordoba have harnessed nearly three decades of this satellite imagery (1994-2021) to investi...

NASA Researchers Study Coastal Wetlands, Champions of Carbon Capture

Mar 14, 2025 (SPX)

When Hurricane Irma made landfall in September 2017 as a category 4 storm, violent winds battered the shore and a storm surge swept across the coast, decimating...

February deforestation in Brazilian Amazon lowest in years

Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)

The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said it had tracked deforestation over 80.95 square kilometers (31.25 square miles) -- the lowest for a month o...

Amazon tree loss may worsen both floods and droughts: study

Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)

Rapid tree loss in the Amazon region, driven mainly by unsustainable farming, mining and logging, undermines the rainforest's ability to absorb planet-warming c...

Burn land or plant trees? Bolivian farmers weigh their options

Mar 01, 2025 (AFP)

Around 10.7 million hectares (26.4 million acres) of dry tropical forest -- an area about the size of Portugal -- went up in smoke in Bolivia's eastern lowlands...

Nepal community fights to save sacred forests from cable cars

Feb 21, 2025 (AFP)

In Nepal's eastern district of Taplejung, the community has been torn apart by a $22-million government-backed project many say will destroy livelihoods and dam...

Colombian deforestation picks up after record low level

Feb 20, 2025 (AFP)

After falling to a record low in 2023, deforestation claimed 107,000 hectares last year -- a 35-percent increase but still the second-lowest level on record, ac...

Trees Struggle to Adapt to Climate Change Without Human Assistance CSU Study Finds

Feb 18, 2025 (SPX)

Climate change has long been expected to prompt tree species to migrate toward more favorable environments. However, after analyzing data from over 25,000 natio...

Forest mission showcased ahead of launch

Feb 18, 2025 (SPX)

Before its departure, members of the media had the rare chance to view the satellite firsthand within the cleanroom at Airbus' Toulouse, France, facility. Fores...

Green light for AI-driven mapping of New Zealand's forests

Feb 06, 2025 (SPX)

This innovative method differentiates between large-scale plantations, small woodlots, and newly established stands as young as three years old. The technique d...

Launch of the most comprehensive European wetland map

Feb 03, 2025 (SPX)

"Over two years, we compiled, verified, and merged over 200 geodata sets on wetlands and peatlands from various sources. We are now pleased to offer a standardi...

King Charles III teams up with Amazon for documentary

Feb 01, 2025 (AFP)

A source from the "The King's Foundation" said the monarch's charity was "looking forward to working with Amazon on a one-off documentary to showcase His Majest...