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World's largest deforestation project fells forests for bioethanol...
Local communities say they're already experiencing harm from the government-backed project, which environmental watchdogs say is the largest current...
In Peru, a mission to save the stingless bee
2 Feb 2024 1:30 PMThe Amazon is home to hundreds of species of stingless bee, but as deforestation converts the tropical landscape into farms and ranches, native...
Logged forests, climate change driving birds in tropical mountains to...
8 Jan 2024 9:00 AMSmaller bird species are able to withstand higher temperatures, and thus colonise these logged forests better
Climate change may permanently alter mountain forests: Study
8 Sept 2023 8:00 AMScientists have studied the forests of five susceptible mountain locations in Italy and predicted the future of these fragile ecosystems
Brazil: Amazon nations launch alliance to protect rainforest
9 Aug 2023 3:01 PMThe group’s members – Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela – signed a joint declaration in Belem.
Amazon in trouble: Deforestation down as leaders convene
9 Aug 2023 9:30 AMDeforestation in Brazil in 2015 accounted for just over a quarter of global tree cover loss in tropical primary forests, which are some of the oldest...
Deploying blockchain to mitigate natural disasters
17 July 2023 1:30 AMTo have any chance of effectively responding to them, we must be aware of them as early as feasible.
EU countries adopt law banning products which fuel deforestation
16 May 2023 1:00 PMThe law will force companies to show that goods they import comply with rules in the country of origin, including on human rights and the protection...