NEWS: New laws under consideration will likely spark more tree-cutting − despite serious drought already contributing to a big increase in vast destructive fires
NEWS: Country could cut emissions by converting arable land to absorb more carbon dioxide, but risks displacing climate impact of food production overseas
NEWS: California’s drought has already imperilled many of its trees, and within 80 years climate change could destroy the evergreen forests of the entire US southwest
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