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Tall and old or dense and young: Which kind of forest is better for the climate?

Paul Koberstein, Jessica Applegate 23 May 2019
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Peat protection rule may be a double-edged sword for Indonesia’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2019

Indonesia’s threat to exit Paris accord over palm oil seen as cynical ploy

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Apr 2019

New report lays out low-carbon development path for Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Mar 2019

Super variable California salamander is ‘an evolutionist’s dream’

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Mar 2019

EU sued to stop burning trees for energy; it’s not carbon neutral: plaintiffs

Justin Catanoso 6 Mar 2019

Brazil to receive first-ever results-based REDD+ payment, but concerns remain

Sarah Sax 1 Mar 2019

Indonesia to get first payment from Norway under $1b REDD+ scheme

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2019
Indonesian rainforest in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Funds tripled and target slashed, but Indonesia still off pace for reforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Jan 2019

The case for forests’ prominent role in holding off climate change

John Cannon 16 Jan 2019

Habitat loss, pigs, disease: U.S. salamanders face a ‘tough situation’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Jan 2019

COP24: Green groups warn of pitfalls in ‘forests for climate’ deal

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jan 2019
Rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The biggest rainforest news stories in 2018

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2018

COP24: Summit a step forward, but fails to address climate urgency

Justin Catanoso 17 Dec 2018

COP24: Sitting down to take a stand for real climate action

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Dec 2018

COP24: Will they stay or will they go? Brazil’s threat to leave Paris

Justin Catanoso 14 Dec 2018

COP24: Nations complicit in ignoring bioenergy climate bomb, experts say

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2018

COP24: Tropical deforestation risks undermining 1.5-degree warming limit

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Dec 2018

COP24: Europe looks to fill the leadership void left by the U.S.

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Dec 2018

COP24: Trumpers tout clean coal; protesters call it ‘climate suicide’

Justin Catanoso 11 Dec 2018

COP24: US, Russia, Saudis downplay IPCC report in display of disunity

Justin Catanoso 10 Dec 2018

COP24: Coal casts a shadow over U.N. climate talks in Poland

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Dec 2018

COP24: World’s nations gather to grapple with looming climate disaster

Justin Catanoso 3 Dec 2018

New research quantifies ecosystem services provided by Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2018

Brazil could lose Nepal-size area of rainforest due to policy revision

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Nov 2018

Honduras aims to save vital wildlife corridor from deforestation

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2018

Tropical deforestation now emits more CO2 than the EU

Rachel Fritts 18 Oct 2018

In a first, DRC communities gain legal rights to forests

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2018

Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming: report

Justin Catanoso 15 Oct 2018

Fire fundamentally alters carbon dynamics in the Amazon

John Cannon 12 Oct 2018

‘Guardians of the forest:’ Indigenous peoples come together to assert role in climate stability

Justin Catanoso 2 Oct 2018

Kenya’s Mijikenda people revive sacred homesteads to protect the forest

Sophie Mbugua 1 Oct 2018

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