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An old growth clear-cut in Kwakwaka'wakw territory, northern Vancouver Island. Image copyright: Mya Van Woudenberg, Sierra Club BC.

As logging intensifies forest fires, Wet’suwet’en fight to protect old growth

Erica Gies 23 Sep 2024

Drop in timber smuggling gives ‘breathing space’ to Myanmar’s forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Mar 2016

Forest restoration: from Stone Age to drone age

Giovanni Ortolani 9 Mar 2016

‘Sitting on the edge of a knife’: Deforestation ramps up in Queensland

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Feb 2016

The inside story of how Great Bear Rainforest went from a ‘War In The Woods’ to an unprecedented environmental and human rights agreement

Mike Gaworecki 22 Feb 2016

Seven million hectares of forests have been lost in Argentina over the past 20 years

Ruxandra Guidi 19 Feb 2016

Review finds EU plan to curb illegal logging has had little success

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Feb 2016

Some Indigenous groups wary of REDD+ following Paris Climate Agreement

Mitch Paquette 12 Feb 2016

In the rush to reforest, are the world’s old-growth grasslands losing out?

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Feb 2016

Lack of land rights for local communities could scare away investment

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Feb 2016

Peru terminates head of forest watchdog agency

Ruxandra Guidi 15 Jan 2016

Is eco-certification the solution to forest destruction?

Saul Elbein 14 Jan 2016

Is intensification helping the cattle industry go Amazon deforestation-free?

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 2016

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

Rhett A. Butler 4 Jan 2016

The year in rainforests: 2015

Rhett A. Butler 29 Dec 2015

Young orangutan in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Christmas gift to the planet: massive rainforest reserve created in Borneo

Rhett A. Butler 23 Dec 2015

Creating a commons: sustainable fishing and hunting in the Colombian Amazon

David Barton Bray 23 Dec 2015

Chevron's Duri oil field in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

How does the global commodity collapse impact forest conservation?

Rhett A. Butler 21 Dec 2015

Large-scale copper mine project in Ecuador mired in allegations of abuse

Beth Wald 21 Dec 2015

Loss of big animals reduces forests’ carbon-storing capacity

Loren Bell 19 Dec 2015

The most recent seizure shows the scale and extent of illegal timber trafficking in Peru

Ruxandra Guidi 14 Dec 2015

Norway extends forest conservation initiative

Rhett A. Butler 14 Dec 2015

Bolivian indigenous group wins big prize for reducing deforestation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 11 Dec 2015

Illegal gold miners in Madre de Dios, Peru, paralyze the region with protests

Ruxandra Guidi 4 Dec 2015

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Amazon deforestation jumps in Brazil, but remains historically low

Rhett A. Butler 27 Nov 2015

Rainforests could provide half global climate solution by 2050

Rhett A. Butler 25 Nov 2015

Roads to ruin: Africa’s massive infrastructure expansions could have major consequences

John Cannon 25 Nov 2015

World’s vast boreal forests could ‘hit a tipping point’ this century, scientists say

Mike Gaworecki 23 Nov 2015

New fund lands $4M to protect the Amazon

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2015

To tackle climate change cheaply, first secure indigenous forest rights

Sandra Cuffe 17 Nov 2015

Singapore court: illicit timber trafficking through our ports not our problem

Rhett A. Butler 13 Nov 2015

Key forest countries’ climate pledges fall short on emissions from land use and deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 13 Nov 2015

Sierra del Divisor's famed cone. Photo by Diego Pérez / El Taller.pe

Peru creates ‘Yellowstone of the Amazon’: 3.3M acre reserve home to uncontacted tribes, endangered wildlife

Rhett A. Butler 7 Nov 2015

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