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Escalating firestorms could turn Amazon from carbon sink to source: Study

Taran Volckhausen 6 Feb 2020

Carbon uptake slower than expected in Amazon secondary forest: Study

Liz Kimbrough 5 Feb 2020

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

Justin Catanoso 3 Feb 2020
Forest canopy in Volcano on the big island of Hawaii. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Rainforests in 2020: 10 things to watch

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2019
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

2019: The year rainforests burned

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Dec 2019

10 noteworthy books on conservation and the environment from 2019

John Cannon 23 Dec 2019

‘The tipping point is here, it is now,’ top Amazon scientists warn

Shanna Hanbury 20 Dec 2019

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

Taran Volckhausen 19 Dec 2019

Central American countries pledge to protect Mesoamerica’s ‘5 Great Forests’

Mongabay.com 18 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

Analysis: The Tanah Merah project is a bellwether for Jokowi’s permit review

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 11 Dec 2019

COP25: Laura Vargas inspires with power of faith in defense of forests

Justin Catanoso 10 Dec 2019

Revealed: Government officials say permits for mega-plantation in Papua were falsified

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Dec 2019

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

Justin Catanoso 9 Dec 2019

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

Justin Catanoso 2 Dec 2019

Indonesia fires emitted double the carbon of Amazon fires, research shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Nov 2019

Fires and greenhouse gases fuel drying of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2019

What’s at stake after Chile cancels its hosting of COP25?

Michelle Carrere 1 Nov 2019

Carbon emissions from loss of intact tropical forest a ‘ticking time bomb’

Malavika Vyawahare 31 Oct 2019

10 takeaways from Indonesia’s grassroots #SaveAru success

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 28 Oct 2019

Research outlines ‘roadmap’ for land use to slow climate change

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2019

$65 million deal to protect Congo’s forests raises concerns

John Cannon 14 Oct 2019

Saving Aru: The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 9 Oct 2019

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

Mary Booth 16 Sep 2019

REDD+ more competitive than critics believe, study finds

John Cannon 12 Sep 2019

Forests and forest communities critical to climate change solutions

John Cannon 8 Aug 2019

New roads in Papua New Guinea may cause ‘quantum leap’ in forest loss

John Cannon 24 Jul 2019

Critiques of carbon credits aren’t asking the right question (commentary)

Agus Sari 9 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
Planet satellite image showing a mosaic of deforestation and rainforest in São Judas Tadeu, Xapuri in the state of Acre, Brazil in August 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

Amazon REDD+ scheme side-steps land rights to reward small forest producers

Claire Asher 3 Jul 2019

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

Justin Catanoso 19 Jun 2019

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