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Tower for measuring forest CO2

Even in recovery, previously logged tropical forests are carbon sources: Study

Carolyn Cowan 25 Jan 2023

The EU banned Russian wood pellet imports; South Korea took them all

Justin Catanoso 24 Jan 2023
A man planting a tree.

Dollars and chainsaws: Can timber production help fund global reforestation?

Gianluca Cerullo 5 Jan 2023
Wood chips piled in mounds more than 6 meters (20 feet) high cover the lot of the Enviva wood pellet plant in Ahoskie, North Carolina. Enviva says that it uses wood waste to produce pellets. The whistleblower and Mongabay’s on site investigation at a North Carolina clear-cut site and at the Ahoskie plant provided evidence to the contrary. Image by Justin Catanoso for Mongabay.

The Netherlands to stop paying subsidies to ‘untruthful’ biomass firms

Justin Catanoso 23 Dec 2022

Australia rejects forest biomass in first blow to wood pellet industry

Justin Catanoso 21 Dec 2022
Liana

Lianas affect forest carbon uptake differently by region, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 14 Dec 2022
Wildebeest in the savannas.

Counterintuitive: Large wild herbivores may help slow climate change

Tim Vernimmen 13 Dec 2022
Kelp forest.

Peat on land and kelp at sea as Argentina protects tip of Tierra del Fuego

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Dec 2022
A howling wolf

Animating the Carbon Cycle: Earth’s animals vital allies in CO2 storage

Mark Hillsdon 8 Dec 2022

As EU finalizes renewable energy plan, forest advocates condemn biomass

Justin Catanoso 7 Dec 2022
Peatland restoration.

Scientists plead for protection of peatlands, the world’s carbon capsules

John Cannon 7 Dec 2022
A deforestated site in Edenton, North Carolina.

Whistleblower: Enviva claim of ‘being good for the planet… all nonsense’

Justin Catanoso 5 Dec 2022

COP27 boosts carbon trading and ‘non-market’ conservation: But can they save forests?

Alec Luhn 22 Nov 2022
Zebras in Okavango Delta.

Protecting the peatlands and woodlands in Angola’s ‘source of life’

Ryan Truscott 11 Nov 2022
Mangroves in Raja Ampat.

Mangrove forest loss is slowing toward a halt, new report shows

Caitlin Cooper 8 Nov 2022
A few meters from the monocultures of the multinational, an inhabitant keeps a small natural forest on his property. The fertility of the land has allowed diverse flora to grow and produce a prosperous biodiverse landscape. Residents say this is very different from monoculture pine and eucalyptus plantations where no plant diversity can be found.

Indigenous lands hold the world’s healthiest forests – but only when their rights are protected

Latoya Abulu, Laurel Sutherland 7 Nov 2022
Members of an Indigenous community in Guangaje, Ecuador after the blessing of a water spring. Image by Azzedine Rouichi via Unsplash (Public domain).

Small share of land rights pledge went to Indigenous groups: Progress report

John Cannon 7 Nov 2022
Rainbow over Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay

In new climate deal, Norway will pay Indonesia $56 million for drop in deforestation, emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Nov 2022
Amazon rainforest in Brazil.

Successes and struggles: Brazil’s 20-year Amazon reforestation carbon sink project

Marina Martinez 12 Oct 2022

Locals in the dark about oil auctions in DRC: report

Ashoka Mukpo 6 Oct 2022
This photo of logged old-growth forest outside Olympia National Park, shows what can happen when mature forests aren’t given full protection.

New study identifies mature forests on U.S. federal lands ripe for protection

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2022
Global forest carbon map

New tech aims to track carbon in every tree, boost carbon market integrity

Carolyn Cowan 19 Sep 2022

EU votes to keep woody biomass as renewable energy, ignores climate risk

Justin Catanoso 16 Sep 2022
Torrance Coste stands on a stump

British Columbia delays promised protections as old growth keeps falling

Justin Catanoso 14 Sep 2022

Even without human-driven deforestation, climate change threatens some forests

Ashoka Mukpo 13 Sep 2022

Indonesia and Norway give REDD+ deal another go after earlier breakup

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Sep 2022
A truck carrying acacia logs in Indonesia

Biomass cofiring loopholes put coal on open-ended life support in Asia

Annelise Giseburt 29 Aug 2022
Loggers cut down a tree with a chainsaw.

Australian miner threatens lawsuit against PNG for scrapping carbon scheme

Rachel Donald 15 Aug 2022
Study co-author Corneille Ewango.

In Congo, a carbon sink like no other risks being carved up for oil

John Cannon 28 Jul 2022

Indonesia’s mangrove restoration bid holds huge promise, but obstacles abound

Warief Djajanto Basorie 26 Jul 2022

BP exploited Mexican communities hoping to benefit from carbon credits: report

Maxwell Radwin 7 Jul 2022

‘That’s a scam’: Indian firm’s REDD+ carbon deal in the DRC raises concern

John Cannon 14 Jun 2022

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