Forests
Amazon nations fail to agree on deforestation goal at summit
Eight South American nations agreed on a list of joint actions to protect the Amazon rainforest, but failed to mention a long-awaited target to halt deforestation.
Verra’s revamped forest offset programme comes under fire
Verra picked a controversial carbon credit verifier to review its new forest offset rules and critics say the changes don’t fix the problem
China and Brazil to cooperate in stopping illegal trade fueling deforestation
Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva, met with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping in China and announced new collaborations to control illegal deforestation.
EU agrees law to crack down on deforestation in supply chains
The EU deforestation law aims to stop imports of products if their producers have cut down trees to grow them
Kenyan forest communities sidelined as government misses two billion tree target
Community groups say they are willing to restore forests but have been ignored by government and rely on international non-profits for funding
Countries failing to protect forests, 7 years after New York declaration
Of the 32 biggest forest nations, only India has set an ambitious tree planting target and others are falling far short, according to analysis of their latest climate pledges
Indigenous lands, protected areas limit Amazon’s carbon emissions
Greater international support for indigenous land rights and livelihoods is a cost-effective way to limit climate change, PNAS study
‘Norway cannot stop deforestation alone’, says environment minister
Scandinavian country leads funding to save the world’s tropical forests, but cannot do it alone, say past and present environment ministers
Brazilian Amazon lost 660,000 hectares of forest in last year
Temer government claimed a victory as deforestation rate declines slightly, but green groups said announcement was no cause for celebration
Brazil’s pro-beef president Temer, betrayed by the industry he courted
Even as he handed more and more power to an agricultural lobby that would strip the Amazon for pasture, Michel Temer was being double-crossed
Deforestation impacts felt for decades – scientists
Halting tree-felling and land clearance is not enough to save tropical rainforests without programmes of forest restoration in degraded areas, scientists say
100 ‘fire-free villages’ take on Indonesia’s haze hazard
NEWS: After 2015’s devastating fire season, local authorities in South Sumatra are determined to end slash-and-burn and restore peatland