Timber harvests to meet the world’s soaring demand for wood products will likely account for more than 10% of total global carbon emissions over coming decades, according to a new study by World Resources Institute scientists and published in Nature.…

From BBC Published20 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, HELMHOTZ MUNICH By Pallab GhoshScience correspondent A new scanning method involving a see-through mouse could improve how cancer drugs are tested, by picking up tumours previously too small to…

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Kinjil Three languished in a jail cell an island away as demonstrators arrived outside a beige Jakarta office block and began distributing thousands of coins on the street. “I came from Central Kalimantan to meet the…

This story is the first article of a four-part Mongabay mini-series exploring the latest technological solutions to support reforestation later this week. Later this week, read Part Two, Part Three and Part Four. “Plant a tree!” has become a go-to,…

From BBC Published23 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Malcolm PriorBBC News Rural Affairs producer Firefighter shortages meant 39 fire engines were not available to help tackle the wildfires that burnt across London last July,…

On May 17, an elephant was killed after a train hit it in the capital Dhaka’s Uttara area. The incident took place in the Court Bari area while two captive elephants, guided by their mahout, were crossing the railroad tracks.…

CENTRAL SULAWESI, Indonesia — Karolus Kolong, a 62-year-old villager on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, has spent nearly two decades fighting to get his land back from palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari. AAL, as the company is known, is the second-largest…

From NPR The decrease began in January after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro left office and leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in. (Image credit: Alan Chaves/AFP via Getty Images) Read the full article from NPR

From BBC Published13 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Natural History Museum London Controversial proposals to allow deep-sea mining will be centre-stage at global talks in Jamaica from Monday. It comes after a two-year ban on the practice…

From NPR Protesters say the release, which won the endorsement of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog last week, sets a bad precedent that may encourage other countries to dispose nuclear waste into sea. (Image credit: Ahn Young-joon/AP) Read the full…