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A ten-year battle to root forests in a climate pact is won

ANALYSIS: Paris embedded the giant stocks of carbon in a UN pact for the first time, but not without a fight

ANALYSIS: Germany, Norway and UK lead forest protection announcements, but where are the real forest defenders at COP21?

NEWS: No signs deforestation is slowing a year after New York Declaration on Forests, warn NGOs, but some positive measures

ANALYSIS: South American giant straddles the rich-poor divide at UN talks and could build bridges at COP21

NEWS: Climate deal set to sign off on forest-saving initiative first launched in 2005, but strong signal to stop deforestation truer test

NEWS: French environment chief and Crown Prince urge governments to take tough line on destruction of world’s forests ahead of COP21 summit

NEWS: Anyone can help track tree-cutting trends in Tanzania by swiping left and right on their smartphone, with citizen science tool

NEWS: President Joko Widodo ends state visit as forest fire crisis engulfs new administration, but wins new US aid

NEWS: Forest fires are harming public health, diplomatic relations and could push CO2 emissions to an 18-year high, experts warn

NEWS: Norway first to fund UN initiative to slow tree-cutting and boost incomes in crucial carbon sink

NEWS: Major farming and forestry nations have been outdone by Ethiopia and Morocco, says Union of Concerned Scientists

NEWS: Finance must flow to local enterprises to slow deforestation and internal displacement wrought by clearance for agriculture, report says

NEWS: World’s fourth most populous country pledge slightly builds on 2020’s voluntary goal, but details remain unclear

NEWS: Search giant and researchers map emerging clusters of tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia, South America and Africa

COMMENT: A new fund is aiming to cut emissions from bad land management and improve food, energy and water security

NEWS: A year after four Ashéninka men were killed by illegal loggers, their community has secured rights to the territory

NEWS: Hard-to-detect small-scale clearance of Amazon rainforest makes up half of country’s tree-cutting rate, says study

NEWS: Leading investor put four major companies on its banned list for links to environmentally destructive palm oil plantations

NEWS: Indonesia could go a quarter of the way to reaching its 2020 carbon-cutting aim by ending destruction of vital forests

NEWS: US and EU border controls have less influence on illicit trade as demand shifts to emerging economies, finds Chatham House