From eco-friendly “Green Mosques” and “Green Churches” using renewable energy and encouraging conservation, to Hindu and Buddhist tree-planting and recycling initiatives.

Jonathan D Smith · The Conversation 28 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This Scottish forest is both a home for wildlife and a boost for the local economy

Craigvinean not only provides a home to ‘champion trees’ and red squirrels, it also attracts visitors and supplies timber and local jobs.

Kate Whiting 20 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This species of bird is benefiting from the effects of climate change

If climate trends continue as projected, the influence of local climate and climate change will likely overtake land use as the most important factor influencing bird populations.

Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle, Lauren Bortolotti, and Lionel Leston · The Conversation 08 Nov 2019

Illicit Economy

Kenya wants to tackle illegal logging and fishing by issuing smart ID cards

More than 35% of the world's mangroves are already gone and they are disappearing three to five times faster than other forests, according to international conservation group WWF.

Hannah McNeish · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 05 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

YouTubers are teaming up to plant 20 million trees

The internet challenged MrBeast to celebrate his 20 millionth follower by planting the same number of trees ... and he accepted.

Charlotte Edmond 05 Nov 2019

Climate Change

How Costa Rica’s environment minister talks to his daughter about climate change

When his daughter suggested a futuristic machine that would suck carbon out of the air, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez said the world already had one: the tree.

Samantha Sault 04 Nov 2019

Forests

Carbon emissions from tropical forest loss underestimated, scientists say

"There is an urgent need to safeguard these landscapes because they play an indispensable role in stabilising the climate."

Michael Taylor 01 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This country planted 10 million trees in Uganda

A rainforest scheme in Uganda, funded by the Welsh government, has reached a major milestone.

Charlotte Edmond 28 Oct 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Amazon rainforest and the power of paleoecology

Using fire to clear land is not new, but research shows ancient techniques may be more sustainable.

Katharine Rooney 17 Oct 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

After a horrific year of fires, how can Indonesia save its forests?

Indonesia has made good progress to fighting deforestation for clearing of land for grazing of cattle and crop harvesting, yet their efforts are at risk as forest fires tear through rainf...

Sakinah Ummu Haniy, Hidayah Hamzah, and Mirzha Hanifah · World Resources Institute 16 Oct 2019

Forests

The 5 lessons from New York Climate Week to help us combat deforestation

Deforestation is a massive contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. This is how the world can take action.

Justin Adams 15 Oct 2019

Climate Change

This is how Germany is fighting to save its beleaguered forests

Last year, Germany lost 3,000 football pitches worth of forest to fires alone. But, with their vital role in mitigating climate change in mind, the country is acting to protect them.

Kate Whiting 11 Oct 2019

India

Citizens of Mumbai are braving arrest and punishment to fight climate change – here's how

Aarey Colony, known as the Indian city's "green lung", is under threat for new plans for a subway, where thousands of trees are due to be cut down, which has brought out hundreds of prote...

Rina Chandran and Thomson Reuters Foundation · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 11 Oct 2019

Forests

Drug trade damaging Central America's forests, researchers say

$215 million dollars are lost annually as a result of deforestation by drug gangs in South America who are clearing trees for illegal airports and cocaine warehouses. All of this is incre...

Anastasia Moloney and Thomson Reuters Foundation · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 09 Oct 2019

Forests

There have been over 35,000 fires in Indonesia already this year, but the worst is yet to come

With thousands of hectares of rainforest being burned down, Indonesia is blanketed by a toxic haze as a result of the carbon dioxide being released from the trees, which is causing health...

Maria C. Lo Bue · The Conversation 09 Oct 2019

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Forests

How religions shape the environmental movement in Indonesia

This Scottish forest is both a home for wildlife and a boost for the local economy

This species of bird is benefiting from the effects of climate change

Kenya wants to tackle illegal logging and fishing by issuing smart ID cards

YouTubers are teaming up to plant 20 million trees

How Costa Rica’s environment minister talks to his daughter about climate change

Carbon emissions from tropical forest loss underestimated, scientists say

This country planted 10 million trees in Uganda

Amazon rainforest and the power of paleoecology

After a horrific year of fires, how can Indonesia save its forests?

The 5 lessons from New York Climate Week to help us combat deforestation

This is how Germany is fighting to save its beleaguered forests

Citizens of Mumbai are braving arrest and punishment to fight climate change – here's how

Drug trade damaging Central America's forests, researchers say

There have been over 35,000 fires in Indonesia already this year, but the worst is yet to come

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