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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
Fire fighters putting out forest fire in Riau, Indonesia.

Indonesia’s Riau province declares state of emergency ahead of fire season

Suryadi 5 Apr 2022

Chocolate frog? New burrowing frog species unearthed in Amazon’s rare peatlands

Liz Kimbrough 28 Feb 2022

Climate change a threat to human well-being and health of the planet: New IPCC report

John Cannon 28 Feb 2022

Fires threaten vital peatland in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego

Maxwell Radwin 7 Feb 2022

Indonesia on track with peatland restoration, but bogged down with mangroves

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Feb 2022
Composite image. Left: Amazon rainforest - photo credit: Rhett A. Butler. Right: Burning forest in the Brazilian Amazon - image credit: Greenpeace

The year in rainforests 2021

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2021

Congo Peatlands

Mongabay.com 21 Dec 2021

The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series

John Cannon 16 Dec 2021
Smoke rising from smoldering peatland in PT Raja Garuda Mas Sejati. Photo courtesy of Greenpeace Media Library.

Indonesian peat restoration has more benefits than it costs, study finds

Basten Gokkon 15 Dec 2021

Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands

John Cannon 14 Dec 2021
A reindeer strolls through a bog in northern Sweden. Image by Alexandre Buisse via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

‘Cooling the climate for 10,000 years’: How saving wetlands can help save the world

Mark Hillsdon 14 Dec 2021

Holding agriculture and logging at bay in the Congo peatlands

John Cannon 9 Dec 2021

Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil

John Cannon 7 Dec 2021

The ‘idea’: Uncovering the peatlands of the Congo Basin

John Cannon 2 Dec 2021
Bolivia

With La Niña conditions back, is it good news for tropical forests?

Carolyn Cowan 22 Nov 2021

Palm oil firm that dried out its land held not liable for fires that followed

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Nov 2021

Paper giants’ expansion plans raise fears of greater deforestation in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Oct 2021

Win for Malaysian forest after government backs down on development plan

Rachel Donald 14 Sep 2021

Indonesian pulpwood firms told to protect peat are doing the opposite: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Aug 2021

Palm oil grower looks to make amends for past deforestation in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Jul 2021

Indonesia eyes less severe fire season, but COVID-19 could turn it deadly

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jul 2021

Wildfires turn up the heat on farmers growing Indonesia’s ‘hottest’ pepper

M Rahim Arza 6 Jul 2021
Smoke rising from smoldering peatland in PT Raja Garuda Mas Sejati. Photo courtesy of Greenpeace Media Library.

Efforts to restore tropical peatlands need fire-free plantations (commentary)

Evi Wulandari, Dilva Terzano 2 Jun 2021

Indonesian president slammed for ‘wait-and-see’ approach on climate action

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 May 2021

Companies and officials flout forest-clearing moratorium in Papua, report finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2021

In Malaysia, the fate of a peat forest hinges on a powerful state official

Fatima Qureshi 5 Apr 2021

In Indonesia, pulp and paper firms stoke demand that may drive deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2021

Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Mar 2021

Restoration for peat’s sake

Mongabay.com 4 Mar 2021

Paper giant APP failing its own sustainability goals, report alleges

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Jan 2021

Indonesia renews peat restoration bid to include mangroves, but hurdles abound

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Jan 2021

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