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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

For companies shopping for quality carbon credits, a new guide offers help

Maxwell Radwin 10 Jun 2022

End old-growth logging in carbon-rich ‘crown jewel’ of U.S. forests: Study

John Cannon 8 Jun 2022
Tree nursery

Common goals ensure forest restoration success in northern Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 6 Jun 2022
Wood chips for biomass burning at Tofte, Norway. Image by Statkraft via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

As biomass burning surges in Japan and South Korea, where will Asia get its wood?

Annelise Giseburt 19 May 2022

EU Parliament’s Environment Committee urges scale back of biomass burning

Justin Catanoso 18 May 2022

Oil exploration in DR Congo peatland risks forests, climate and local communities

Lawon Olalekan 16 May 2022
Timber for biomass burning at Tofte, Norway

Missing the emissions for the trees: Biomass burning booms in East Asia

Justin Catanoso 11 May 2022
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, is just one region where fires are burned throughout Russia in 2020. Image by Greenpeace International.

2021 tropical forest loss figures put zero-deforestation goal by 2030 out of reach

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Apr 2022

Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds

John Cannon 22 Apr 2022

Trees and soil at the forest’s edge store more carbon than we thought, studies reveal

Liz Kimbrough 20 Apr 2022
Tree rings on a dead tree.

Tropical trees’ growth and CO2 intake hit by more extreme dry seasons

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 Apr 2022
Musk oxen.

‘Nature has priority’: Rewilding map showcases nature-led restoration

John Cannon 11 Apr 2022

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