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Germany

Manhunt continues for forest 'Rambo' in Germany

Hundreds of German police continue to search for the 31-year-old "Rambo" after he fled into a forest armed with weapons on Sunday.

Green News

The Maowusu Desert in China has vanished from the map

It was the size of the Netherlands, and now is barely visible. What happened to this Chinese desert?

Living

Time to end our love affair with bog roll. What’s wrong with a bidet?

Pandemic induced panic-buying has got us all considering toilet paper alternatives in our time of need.

My Europe Series

Romania's virgin forests ravaged by 'wood mafia'

Euronews explores the hidden corruption, intimidation and violence at the heart of Romania's illegal logging industry,

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Hungary

Environmentalists' anger after Hungary cuts down EU-protected forest

The WWF argues cutting down an EU-protected floodplain forest in central Hungary was illegal and has called for statutory penalties.

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.

Green News

What would it take for you to go green?

We all have our own reasons for becoming more eco-concious but some reasons are more motivating than others.

Green 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.

Canada

Amazon 'Forest Guardian' shot in the head by illegal loggers

In an ambush on the Arariboia reservation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, Paulino Guajajara was shot dead while one other was injured, according to a statement from Guajajara tribe leaders.

Living

The art installation teaching us to care for our forests

Lisa Wright and Tom Piper create mile long sculpture trail to commemorate 100 years of safeguarding the trees.

Living

The young artist turning Rome’s trees into astonishing sculptures

Andrea Gandini is saving dead and decaying trees in Rome by making them into works of art.

Green 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?

World News

Beloved European horse chestnut tree 'close to extinction'

Beloved European horse chestnut tree 'vulnerable to extinction' warns new report.

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Greek island of Zakynthos ravaged by large forest fires

52 fire engines and crews, 171 firefighters in total, as well as nine groups of firemen on foot, two firefighting helicopters and four water-dropping helicopters assisted by 13 water-tanker trucks and digging machinery are battling the blaze.

Colombia

Seven South American leaders sign forest agreement in Amazon town

The leaders of seven South American countries have met in the Amazon town of Leticia in Colombia to sign an agreement to better protect what is the world’s largest tropical forest.

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Art installation transforms Austrian soccer stadium into forest of 300

Art installation transforms Austrian soccer stadium into forest of 300 trees

Brazil

Amazon fires: Six Brazilian states request military aid to fight blaze

Six states in the Amazon region of Brazil have asked the military for help to combat fires in the rainforest

Green News

London's new nature reserve has as much biodiversity as a rainforest

Only 30 minutes from London Victoria Station, I went on a wholesome adventure to the South London Downs

Green News

Ethiopia breaks world record by planting 350 million trees in one day

The east African nation setting an example with an ambitious tree-planting campaign.

Europe News

The Brief: Finland works towards goal of carbon neutrality by 2035

Last April, Finland pledged to be carbon neutral by 2035. Now the country is trying to get the 27 other EU member states on board. Watch the Brief from Brussels for more information on how this goal could be achieved.