deforestation

Gabon's rainforests absorb a total of 127 million tonnes of CO2 every year.

This is the first African country to be paid for cutting CO2 emissions

Why carbon offsetting schemes which involve tree planting are destined to fail

The five biggest reasons carbon offsetting schemes can fail

It's the couple's third wedding anniversary today, after they married in Westminster Abbey in 2018.

Meghan and Harry receive a unique wedding anniversary gift from PETA

Central Apennines

What's the difference between rewilding and reforesting?

Cattle graze on land burned and deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil.

EU is the world's second biggest importer of tropical deforestation

Most chocolate easter eggs contain palm oil

Your chocolate Easter egg could be fuelling deforestation

Risk of wildfires increases in the UK

Wildfire risk increases in the UK due to climate change, says study

Amazon rainforest

Does the Amazon rainforest emit more greenhouse gases than it absorbs?

17/03/2021

Bialowieza forest is one of the only remaining fragments of Europe's primeval forests.

Poland set to resume logging in one of Europe's last primeval forests

12/03/2021

Sequoia National Forest, California, USA

Where are the world's tallest trees and why are they so important?

04/03/2021

Does deforestation actually cool the planet down?

Deforestation could be cooling the planet down, say scientists

17/02/2021

Scientists are asking governments around the world to stop using wood as a "renewable" source of fuel.

Stop burning trees for energy, hundreds of scientists tell EU leaders

12/02/2021

Wooden furniture could theoretically be grown fully formed without the need for screws or glue.

Lab grown wood could mean no more deforestation, say scientists

28/01/2021

Climate change disproportionately affects Indigenous people

Climate change a ‘global emergency’, says world’s biggest opinion poll

27/01/2021

Young girl from the River Pindaré Indigenous community - Maranhão

Indigenous photographer captures tribe fighting for the rainforest

11/12/2020

Clothes and blankets are often made out of bamboo

Bamboo: Eco-friendly fabric or environmental disaster?

30/11/2020

Costa Rica has stopped and even reverse deforestation over the last few decades.

How did Costa Rica become the greenest, happiest country in the world?

18/11/2020

A burned area of the Amazon rainforest is seen in Prainha, Para state, Brazil after widespread fires in 2019.

‘World first’ as UK bans products linked to illegal deforestation

12/11/2020

Tree planting is good, but is it the best solution?

Regrowing forests may be the ‘single largest natural climate solution’

09/11/2020

Not much data exists about the number of trees found in desert regions.

Satellites are mapping out every tree on earth using AI technology

16/10/2020

Experts say fires are pushing the world's largest rainforest toward a tipping point, after which it will cease to generate enough rainfall to sustain itself.

European nations ask Brazil for ‘real action’ on deforestation

17/09/2020

A soldier in Colombia working to catch those responsible for illegal deforestation.

Pink lakes to hidden bridges: The latest climate news in pictures

04/09/2020

Through sustainable methods, Indigenous and local communities have safeguarded the Maya Biosphere Reserve.

How has thirty years of logging saved the rainforest in Guatemala?

30/08/2020

The sloths normally come out at night.

Nocturnal sloths adapt to deforestation by coming out in the day

23/07/2020

Exports to the EU could be fuelling illegal deforestation in the Amazon

Research shows that eating steak in Europe comes at a high price

17/07/2020

There might be palm oil in your fuel tank

Is your fuel tank full of “forest-ravaging” palm oil?

03/07/2020

Palm oil brewed like beer

Synthetic palm oil being brewed like beer gets Bill Gates' investment

26/03/2020

'Dumping beef for chicken is killing the rainforest' - Greenpeace

'Dumping beef for chicken is killing the rainforest' - Greenpeace

21/01/2020

UNDP Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Visits Peru

Game of Thrones star travels to the Amazon rainforest with the UN

20/01/2020

Forest fires have been raging in Indonesia

Eco-friendly palm oil 'is a con', says Greenpeace

05/11/2019