Forests
Cleared rainforest bounces back faster than thought – study
NEWS: Recovering forests’ uptake of carbon dioxide outstrips pristine jungle and could play a bigger role in countering climate change
EU-funded deforestation clampdown in Africa ‘flawed’
NEWS: Expanding protected areas in DR Congo and Liberia could blow donors’ budgets, displace hundreds of thousands of people and fuel conflict, says NGO
Did Spain’s US conquest trigger a ‘little ice age’?
NEWS: Missionaries caused Native American populations to crash in 1600s, prompting regrowth of carbon-sucking forests, researchers find
Why killing Amazon monkeys is like burning $14 trillion
NEWS: Over-hunting of large mammals for bush meat is degrading forests worth trillions on carbon markets, study finds
Countries move to stop illicit Asian rosewood trade
NEWS: Senegal, Mexico call for protections at conservation summit to limit exports of lucrative hardwood used in luxury furniture
Brazil inflames forest fires with pro-deforestation laws
NEWS: New laws under consideration will likely spark more tree-cutting − despite serious drought already contributing to a big increase in vast destructive fires
UK tree-planting push could offset farming footprint – study
NEWS: Country could cut emissions by converting arable land to absorb more carbon dioxide, but risks displacing climate impact of food production overseas
Drought is killing millions of trees in California
NEWS: California’s drought has already imperilled many of its trees, and within 80 years climate change could destroy the evergreen forests of the entire US southwest
A ten-year battle to root forests in a climate pact is won
ANALYSIS: Paris embedded the giant stocks of carbon in a UN pact for the first time, but not without a fight
On forests, the UN and indigenous people are worlds apart
ANALYSIS: Germany, Norway and UK lead forest protection announcements, but where are the real forest defenders at COP21?
Companies show little progress on forest protection pledge
NEWS: No signs deforestation is slowing a year after New York Declaration on Forests, warn NGOs, but some positive measures
Brazil: Redeemer of a Paris climate deal?
ANALYSIS: South American giant straddles the rich-poor divide at UN talks and could build bridges at COP21
Forests ‘without a prayer’ if UN pact shuns tough tree talk
NEWS: Climate deal set to sign off on forest-saving initiative first launched in 2005, but strong signal to stop deforestation truer test
Segolene Royal, Prince Charles target Paris deforestation goal
NEWS: French environment chief and Crown Prince urge governments to take tough line on destruction of world’s forests ahead of COP21 summit
Tinder meets environmental protection in deforestation app
NEWS: Anyone can help track tree-cutting trends in Tanzania by swiping left and right on their smartphone, with citizen science tool
Indonesia’s Jokowi cuts short US trip to fire-fight at home
NEWS: President Joko Widodo ends state visit as forest fire crisis engulfs new administration, but wins new US aid
Indonesia urged to declare national disaster as haze worsens
NEWS: Forest fires are harming public health, diplomatic relations and could push CO2 emissions to an 18-year high, experts warn
Europe launches bid to protect Congo rainforest
NEWS: Norway first to fund UN initiative to slow tree-cutting and boost incomes in crucial carbon sink
China, Canada lag smaller countries on green land use pledges
NEWS: Major farming and forestry nations have been outdone by Ethiopia and Morocco, says Union of Concerned Scientists
Small forest users can outcompete agribusiness – study
NEWS: Finance must flow to local enterprises to slow deforestation and internal displacement wrought by clearance for agriculture, report says