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Success of Microsoft’s ‘moonshot’ climate pledge hinges on forest conservation

Justin Catanoso 3 Feb 2020

Paris accord ‘impossible to implement’ if tropical forest loss not stopped

Taran Volckhausen 19 Dec 2019

COP25: EU officials say biomass burning policy to come under critical review

Justin Catanoso 16 Dec 2019

COP25: Wood pellet CEO claims biomass carbon neutrality, despite science

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2019

Indonesian dam raises questions about UN hydropower carbon loophole

Justin Catanoso 12 Dec 2019

Hopes dim as COP25 delegates dicker over Article 6 and world burns: critics

Justin Catanoso 9 Dec 2019

Paper and fast fashion fan the flames burning Indonesia’s peat: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Dec 2019

COP25 may put climate at greater risk by failing to address forests

Justin Catanoso 2 Dec 2019

Indonesia ‘must stop building new coal plants by 2020’ to meet climate goals

Indra Nugraha 2 Dec 2019

UN and policymakers, wake up! Burning trees for energy is not carbon neutral (commentary)

Mary Booth 16 Sep 2019

Japan builds coal plants abroad that wouldn’t be allowed at home: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Aug 2019

Indonesia forest-clearing ban is made permanent, but labeled ‘propaganda’

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Aug 2019

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Jul 2019
Road running through drained and burned peatlands. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

‘Dangerous’ new regulation puts Indonesia’s carbon-rich peatlands at risk

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jul 2019

Two studies provide dueling looks at where trees should go

Gabriel Popkin 4 Jul 2019
Drained, cleared, and burned peat forest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Study: Vast swaths of lost tropical forest can still be brought back to life

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jul 2019

Carbon to burn: UK net-zero emissions pledge undermined by biomass energy

Justin Catanoso 19 Jun 2019
Ca phe sua da on sale for 65 cents from a cart on the side of the road near Ho Chi Minh City's downtown. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Innovative methods could transform Vietnam’s robusta farms into carbon sinks

Michael Tatarski 13 Jun 2019

Where the forest has no name

Paul Koberstein & Jessica Applegate 24 May 2019

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

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

Justin Catanoso 17 Dec 2018

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