Forests
Iconic Kruger game park faces bleak climate future
Recent drought gives a taste of things to come for Kruger National Park, South Africa, as global warming outpaces species’ ability to adapt
Indonesia president bans further destruction of peatlands
Norwegian pressure and financial support credited as world’s 8th largest greenhouse gas emitter targets end to exploitation of peatlands
Conservation zones exclude indigenous people, drive deforestation
Without their traditional land managers, reserves in Central America are left vulnerable to corporate interests, report finds
There’s a secret UN climate summit taking place in Mexico
UN biodiversity chief tells Climate Home protecting and restoring ecosystems is the best way to protect the world from dangerous levels of global warming
Fire bombs: British Columbia prepares for infernos
The second part of our series on vulnerable communities finds BC taking radical action in the face of a pile up of fire threats. Can it move fast enough?
Fire bombs: Hobart lies in the path of climate disaster
Around the world, communities are living obliviously close to climate-driven fire disaster. In the first in a series of reports, Karl Mathiesen visits Hobart, Tasmania
Cattle ranchers face heat as efforts to protect forests falter
Annual index by Global Canopy Programme shows commodity suppliers are acting too slowly to meet high level sustainability goals
Brazil needs new coalitions to halt forest clearance surge
The latest data confirms an increase in tree-cutting, including in the most valuable carbon-rich areas of Amazon rainforest
7 things you missed at COP22 while Trump hogged the headlines
It was a ‘uuugggggee story. But while the media reacted in horror, the world – soon to be renamed Planet Trump – and the COP22 climate talks kept turning
New Zealand uses pine forests, creative accounting to dodge carbon cuts
Proposed forestry accounting changes would allow New Zealand to claim credits without cutting emissions, NGO claims
Brazil forest clearance is rising in a recession – that’s worrying
Latest data shows forest protection schemes are not enough to protect the Amazon rainforest, writes Natalie Unterstell
Climate change blamed for doubling of US forest fires
The number of blazes in the western US has doubled since the 1980s, with global warming and regional dryness at least 55% responsible, study finds
Indigenous land rights fundamental to climate safety – Lord Stern
Forests and grasslands would store more carbon if communities’ rights were protected, according to research from the leading climate economist
Africa’s farmers need help: can the UN climate talks deliver?
Africa’s agriculture sector is wilting under erratic rainfall – but with technology, education and funding there’s a way back
Film spotlights resource conflict in the Peruvian Amazon
The makers of When Two Worlds Collide talk indigenous rights, economic development and the bloodiest political struggle of Peru’s recent history
Brazil to ratify Paris climate deal amid forest fire surge
President Michel Temer is expected to formalise climate commitments next week, as critics warn of failure to tackle deforestation
Controlling vines gives dramatic boost to Tanzania’s forests
Cutting back lianas allows trees to flourish, study finds, with lessons for forest management across tropical Africa, South America and Asia
Amazon Basin drought stunts planet’s ‘green lungs’
Serious tree loss and stunted growth caused by repeated droughts in the Amazon Basin have damaged the rainforest’s vital ability to store atmospheric carbon
How Indian soldiers are fighting climate change
Eco Task Force has planted 65 million trees in the past 30 years, government claims, in an initiative to rehabilitate forests
Saskatchewan denies climate science as wildfires lick its border
Canadian provincial government hits out at ‘misguided dogma’ as Fort McMurray blaze polarises oil pipeline debate