Logging tropical forests makes them release carbon for a decade
Researchers quantified emissions and uptake from degraded and deforested in Asia, finding more reasons to fight deforestation.
Tag: deforestation
Replacing one in five steaks with mycoprotein can halve deforestation by 2050
It's a very slight change for a huge payoff. It's also quite tasty!
Your favorite fashion brands are putting the Amazon rainforest at risk
Some big fashion names are responsible for deforestation.
EU wants to ban imports linked to deforestation — beef, coffee, and chocolate are included
If legislation passes, it would be a huge move.
World leaders vow to stop deforestation by 2030. Can it be done?
It won't be easy, but there are reasons to be helpful.
We’ve changed a third of the Earth’s land surface in less than 60 years
Hurray, we did it... wait, that's bad?
Conservation efforts can really help forests regrow naturally
Overall though, deforestation rates remain high throughout the world.
No pandemic break for rainforests: deforestation surged in 2020
It was the third-worst year since 2002, when reliable monitoring began.
Reading this? The odds are your consumer habits are causing the loss of 4 trees per year
That coffee you are drinking might be linked to deforestation.
Indigenous communities are the best guardians of Latin America’s forests
Indigenous communities can help protect the forests but are highly challenged by extractive industries
Land-use change is creating an infectious disease boom, study finds
Deforestation leads to infection, and we've all seen what infectious diseases can cause
Parrots are facing extinction, and only policymakers can save them
Anyone know how I can get a job as a policymaker?
How satellite alerts are tackling deforestation across African countries
Millions rely on tropical forests in Africa, such as the Guinean Forests. Thanks to satellites, they can be easier protected.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon breaks 12-year record, as administration focuses on industry
A total 4,281 square miles of forest were cleared in the 12 months leading to August.
Better health care can help prevent tropical deforestation
An accessible health clinic for communities in Indonesia helped bring down local deforestation rates.
Bolsonaro calls Amazon fires a “lie”, dismisses own government data
Brazilian President under pressure amid rise of forest fires
Brazilian Amazon readies for record burn season this year amid coronavirus
The smoke from the forest fires could pile on the burden caused by the pandemic.
Deforestation: 2019 is the third most devastating year of the century
Satellite data shows that 2019 was the third most devastating year since the turn of the century.
Humanity is making trees grow less and live shorter lives
Its a bad time to be a tree.
For Brazil, the coronavirus isn’t just a health crisis – it’s also an environmental one
The rate of deforestation rose by 55% in the first four months of the year compared to 2019.
Palm oil’s emissions mainly come from getting the land ready
Twice the amount of emissions come from young plants than mature plantations.
Cut down half the forest and the rest quickly follows suit
Deforestation for agriculture is the leading cause of man-made landscape shifts.
The Amazon is facing its tipping point, scientists warn
The region could turn into a savanna in just a few decades
In 2019, Brazil cut down twice as much of the Amazon as it did in the previous year
All in all, some 563 square kilometers (217 square miles) of forest were cut down in November.
Deforestation caused three times the natural average of fires in the Amazon
Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but generally, don't trust the government when your country is burning.
Deforestation reaches highest level in a decade in the Brazilian Amazon
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is again under the spotlight after this year's forest fires
A unique tree could help soils remain fertile in the Amazon
The inga tree can grow in very poor soil and improve it
Change diets to save the tropical forests, researchers say
If the consumption of meat and dairy doesn’t fall, at least one-quarter of the world’s tropical lands could disappear by ...
Tobacco industry’s carbon footprint mirrors entire countries — cost of cigarettes should reflect the environmental damage, WHO says
We all know smoking is bad for our health but not a lot of people are aware of the hidden ...
Hard-pressed by humans, rainforests lost their ability to act as carbon sinks
Instead, they now release around 8% of global emissions.
Pakistan just planted one billion trees to tackle deforestation and climate change
Talk about pulling your weight!
Bad beef: Despite pledge, Burger King continues to cause massive deforestation
It's up to us, the consumers, to make a difference.
Half of Amazon rainforest tree species threatened by deforestation
The Amazon basin is home to the world's great biodiversity. You'll find more plant and animal species per square foot ...
An Amazonian tribe is defending their forests from illegal loggers with bow and arrow
Motivated by the love for their native lands and armed with bows, arrows, GPS trackers and camera traps, an indigenous ...
Devastating photos of the world’s deforestation
Recently, we wrote an article about the biggest tree census ever conducted, and the results were pretty grim. Sure, there ...
The Number of Trees has Halved Since Human Civilization Emerged
Today, the Earth has approximately 3 trillion trees left standing - about 422 per person - but we've already cut ...
Drugs and Environmental Damage: An Often Undiscussed Truth
When drugs are imported into the United States, the people responsible aren't just damaging human lives; they may also be ...
Norway to pay Liberia to stop cutting its woods
Norway will pay impoverished African country Liberia $150m (£91.4m) to entirely stop deforestation by 2020. Liberia is one of the poorest ...
Amazon trees will withstand even the most pessimistic of global warming scenarios
Researchers from the University of Michigan and University College London have found that trees in the Amazon forest will be able to withstand even ...
Loggers burned Amazon 8 year old tribe girl alive, as part of a campaign to force indigenous population out of the land
This is truly one of the days when you could feel ashamed to be human. According to reports, loggers in ...
Forests, or how we destroy one of our biggest climate protectors
Humanity seems determined to continue on a suicidal path and destroy much of the planet that surrounds us; so far ...
Vietnam War bio-weapon used today for Amazon deforestation
Of all the despicable things I thought possible going on around the Amazonian Rainforrest, using an extremely powerful chemical agent ...
Brazil’s government approves of rainforest destruction. Next day, two environmental activists get shot
It's a black period for Brazil's environment, and things will get even worse in days to follow; the government just ...
Ethiopia’s forest area triples
Ethiopian authorities announced that thanks to large-scale reforestation campaigns the forest cover of their country has tripled since 2000. The ...
In sickness and in … green
The city administration of Balikpapan (in East Kalimantan) has issued a new rule which will definitely please those interested in ...
