Deforestation
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DNA surveys reveal far more African forest elephants than previously known
A new IUCN report shows African forest elephants are more numerous than previously believed, not due to recovery, but thanks to groundbreaking DNA-based surveys that have…
COP30: Nations chose unity, science and economic common sense amid ‘stormy political waters’
Countries are ‘still in the climate fight’, the United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell said
Fate of Zimbabwe’s Kariba REDD+ forest conservation project hangs in the balance
Kariba REDD+ has been prevented from trading after allegations of mismanagement and corruption
Uganda’s coffee amendment Bill brews public distrust in the government
Ugandans don’t trust the National Resistance Movement government with our coffee, forest reserves, welfare, natural resources and taxes even when it has a social contract with…
Cobalt crush undermines future of DRC’s community forests
A historic UN deal to restore degraded forest ecosystems in southeastern DRC is being torn apart by mining companies
Sierra Leone rangers fight uphill battle against deforestation
With just 62 wardens to cover some 14,000 hectares, it’s an arduous game of cat and mouse
The dark light: Zimbabwe’s energy nightmare
Power shortages across the country are fuelling deforestation through the illegal charcoal trade
Unpacking deforestation, forest loss and carbon sinks
What does deforestation look like in South Africa
Three ‘gringos’ brave heat, mosquitos, illegal gold miners and pirates in the Amazon
A Wits University accounting professor has returned from his Amazon expedition he undertook to fight climate change
World leaders promise an end to the ‘chainsaw massacres’ causing deforestation at COP26
As long as agribusinesses and global financial institutions continued to fuel and make money from global deforestation these carbon sinks will continue to be razed
Congo Basin: Earth’s African ‘lung’ is it most resilient
The Congo Basin – the world’s second-biggest rainforest – resists extreme heat and drought and deserves the spotlight at COP26
Palm oil: Useful but destructive
Palm oil contributes to deforestation, biodiversity loss, peatland destruction and climate change, and the biofuel is more polluting than fossil-based diesel
The commons, not the market
Greening the financial system is essential, but the environment can’t be shoehorned into the logic of finance
Bolsonaro vows to fight ‘illegal deforestation’ in Brazil
The president has previously floated the idea of opening up protected rainforest areas to agriculture, a highly controversial move
Going green: Ethiopia’s bid to plant four billion trees
Abiy is leading by example as Ethiopia plans to plant a mind-boggling four billion trees by October