Tropical forests Malaysia estimates it will take a decade to build the Trans-Borneo Highway, connecting Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo with Brunei (The Malaysian Insight, The Edge Markets). The NGO African…
Tropical forests A recent study suggests that 32 species of orchids that once existed in Bangladesh can no longer be found there (The Revelator). The forests of the Central African…
Tropical forests The fires in Australia have destroyed huge areas of world heritage-listed rainforests (The Guardian) … … As well as killed half of the koalas on Kangaroo Island (The…
Tropical forests Farmers in Haiti have been paid after nearly a decade for the land they lost following the 2010 earthquake (The Christian Science Monitor). The CO2 emissions from volcanoes…
Tropical forests Forest countries and food companies must build “trust,” one commentator says (Ethical Corporation). Chocolate producers see regulations as a possible solution to a long struggle with child labor…
Tropical forests The rush to meet the global demand for avocados could be fueling conflict in Mexico (The Guardian). Germany will continue to support national parks in Tanzania (eTurboNews). A…
Tropical forests Seventeen black rhinos were moved from South Africa to Malawi (CNN). A journalist argues that the companies operating in the forests of Latin America have a responsibility to…
Tropical forests Cocoa production continues to cause deforestation in Ivory Coast (France 24). Scientists trying to save a critically endangered tree in India faced unique challenges (The Revelator). Nigeria has plans…
Tropical forests Beekeeping in the Amazon is improving lives and helping to stave off deforestation, according to environmentalists (The Guardian). NGOs are fighting with local groups to halt deforestation in…
Tropical forests Gabon’s new environment minister touts the importance of protecting his country’s rainforests (Yahoo Finance). The head of the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo pledges…
Tropical forestsAfrica’s women need secure land rights to continue the battle against hunger, a commission says (New Business Ethiopia). Paper producers have been pressured to address deforestation in Asia (Reuters).…
Tropical forests Youth activists came together in the Amazon to strategize on how to combat climate change (The Guardian). The loss of rainforests means that we’re also losing a source…
Tropical forests An official has reported “uncontrolled logging” in Liberia’s rainforest (Liberian Observer). A new study has found that malaria cases don’t increase in Africa following deforestation (Center for Global…
Tropical forests Researchers have found a species of dragonfly in Costa Rica that was previously unknown to science (Sci-News). Less funding goes into protecting the Congo rainforest compared to its…
Tropical forests The Solomon Islands government has deemed the lease of an island to China illegal (The New York Times, Reuters). Research shows that glacial rivers pull in carbon faster…
Tropical forests The aye-aye, one of Madagascar’s lemurs, has a “secret spare thumb” (The New York Times). Officials from African airports are working to stem wildlife trafficking (EnviroNews Nigeria). Bats…
Tropical forests Research links deforestation in the Amazon to higher rates of malaria (Inverse, Sky Statement, Medical Daily) … … While another study connects habitat destruction with the spread of Ebola…
Tropical forests A rainforest in Mexico is home to a newly discovered antibiotic (Science Alert). Researchers call for a coordinated effort to stamp out cocaine trafficking and deforestation in Central…
Tropical forests An insect could help farmers battle invasive cacti in Kenya (Biographic). The world owes the Democratic Republic of Congo more money to protect its forests, the country’s president…
Tropical forests California has approved a scheme for companies to offset emissions by buying carbon credits aimed at stopping tropical deforestation (The San Francisco Chronicle). Leaders of many of the…
Tropical forests Deforestation in Brazil is affecting one of the country’s most biodiverse rivers (Biographic). A new “atlas” tracks infrastructure development in Indonesian Papua (CIFOR Forests News). A market for…
Tropical forests Indigenous hunting could help the sustainability of forests (The Revelator). Experts say that climate change has played a part in the exodus of people from Central America (Undark).…
Tropical forests More than two-thirds of the world’s forests are at risk, according to a U.N. report (Down to Earth). Research suggests that we might be expecting trees to carry…
Tropical forests Côte d’Ivoire is trying to increase its vegetation cover by planting trees (Ecofin). Indonesia plans to move its capital to Borneo, which could damage rainforests (Fast Company). The…
Tropical forests The world’s largest butterfly is also one of the rarest (Mother Jones, Undark). More donors are rescinding their financial support of Brazil’s Amazon Fund as deforestation continues to…
Tropical forests A free-trade deal between the United States and Brazil could be disastrous for the Amazon and forest communities, one commentator argues (The Hill). The continent of Africa emitted…
Tropical forests An anthropologist tried to fight off poachers’ dogs going after chimpanzees in Uganda (The Atlantic). Agri-giant Chiquita says it will take steps to protect biodiversity (Produce News). Lawmakers…
Tropical forests Climate change is contributing to a drought and famine crisis in Guatemala (The Guardian). Coastal settlements in Honduras face the threat of rising sea levels (The Guardian). Tanzania’s…
Tropical forests Climate organizations accuse India of violating community rights and, in doing so, stymying the fight against climate change (Devdiscourse). New research shows the increasing risk to companies that…
Tropical forests Small oil palm farmers in Peru are supplying huge companies like Nestlé with their product (Swissinfo.ch). More than three-quarters of commodity suppliers haven’t made deforestation commitments (Supply Chain…