For our first episode of 2021, we’re taking the opportunity to look at some of the most important trends and issues that will be affecting rainforest conservation over the next 12 months — and reasons to have hope for what’s…

Two or three strokes, and it’s gone: in less than five minutes, 10 years collapse. If it’s some other palm tree native to the rainforest such as açaí (Euterpe oleracea), soon we’ll see another one growing there. But not jussara (Euterpe edulis):…

On the second day of 2021, a whale shark drifted into Kendari Bay, in eastern Indonesia, and became trapped when the tide quickly turned. After a 10-hour struggle in murky, shallow water, government officials and local residents managed to push…

Deep inside the Brazilian Amazon, in areas still inaccessible to the outside world, the wildlife follows its natural cycle. Their remoteness guarantees a certain degree of isolation from human civilization, helping to conserve the biodiversity. Some protected areas under Brazil’s…

JAKARTA — A controversial new law that makes sweeping cuts to environmental regulations may also pave the way for greater corruption in Indonesia’s forestry sector, academics have warned. An analysis of the so-called omnibus law on job creation — passed…

From NPR The Green New Deal Network is launching with over $20 million to promote their agenda, as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office and Democrats set to control both chambers of Congress. (Image credit: Richard Vogel/AP) Read the…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images New laws could see burning traditional house coal banned entirely in Wales within two years. The Welsh Government also wants the sale of wet wood for home fires to be…

An area of forest roughly the size of California was cleared across the tropics and subtropics between 2004 and 2017 largely for commercial agriculture, finds a new assessment published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The report, titled Deforestation Fronts:…

The first full estimates of the United States’ emissions last year are in, showing the greatest annual drop in greenhouse gases since World War II.  The country’s emissions fell 10 percent, more than the 7 percent drop worldwide, according to…