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Nocturnal sloths adapt to deforestation by coming out in the day

Their home in the Atlantic forest is the most endangered rainforest in Brazil.

23/07/2020

Earth News

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

"The jungles of Brazil are at a breaking point," said Professor Britaldo Soares-Filho, co-author of the study.

17/07/2020

Ecotech

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

It's not the usual place you might expect to find it.

03/07/2020

Brazil

Destruction of nature is 'driver of pandemics', says WWF

Destruction of nature is 'driver of pandemics', says WWF

17/06/2020

Earth News

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

The bio-based palm oil substitute is receiving millions of dollars from Bill Gates' investor-led fund.

26/03/2020

Romania

Brussels threatens Romania over alleged failure to protect forests

Romania has been threatened with legal action over illegal logging and allegedly not doing enough to protect some of Europe’s largest unspoilt forests.

12/02/2020

Earth News

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

Surging demand for poultry has lead to acres of deforestation in a bid to grow soya for animal feed.

21/01/2020

Earth News

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

Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke or Nikolaj Coster-Waldau? Which Game of Thrones star is trying to save the Amazon?

20/01/2020

Earth News

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

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil clapped back, saying Greenpeace had 'misunderstood' its methods.

05/11/2019

Earth News

Why I quit my job at Vogue to live in a tree for a year

I meet Alex Fisher, who lived in a tree for a year in the 1990s to stop British forests being cut down.

04/11/2019

Earth News

The group fighting deforestation by building from wood

The saying goes ‘cut your hair to make it grow’. What if the same was true of forests?

30/09/2019

Brazil

Hundreds killedin Brazil's Amazon states over land says HRW report

Conflicts over the use of land and resources in the Amazon have taken the lives of more than 300 people says new HRW report.

17/09/2019

World

Reforesting Ivory Coast through Seedballs

On this episode we see a flight simulator built by a Congolese pilot together with some secondary school students from Brazaville.

16/09/2019

Earth News

The Amazon rainforest is on fire, what can you do about it?

Celebrities react to the grave news that the Amazon is ablaze in Brazil and we talk to three NGOs tackling the crisis.

22/08/2019

World News

Euroviews. Finally, the world’s top climate scientists recognize what we have always known ǀ View

We—Indigenous Peoples and local communities—play a critical role in stewarding and safeguarding the world’s lands and forests. For the first time, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report issued today recognizes that strengthening our rights is a critical solution to the climate crisis.

08/08/2019

World News

Eat plants, conserve land to curb climate change — IPCC

A special report found that land is under growing pressure from climate change and better management is essential for reducing greenhouse gases.

08/08/2019

Earth News

10 Inpirational Instagram posts to motivate you on Earth Overshoot Day

Take a look at some of the beautiful art being posted on Instagram this Earth Overshoot Day

29/07/2019

Brazil

Watch: Footage of uncontacted Amazon tribe members emerges

In June 2019, deforestation in the world's largest tropical rainforest was 88% higher June 2018.

23/07/2019

Brazil

Sharp rise in Amazon deforestation in Brazil under Bolsonaro

Sharp rise in Amazon deforestation in Brazil under Bolsonaro

04/07/2019

Earth News

The grandads fighting back against deforestation

Cambodia's forests are under threat from illegal loggers, forcing villagers to take matters into their own hands.

06/06/2019