This year's annual Tropical Forest Alliance meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, was honest about the challenges we face in halting deforestation - but there were reasons for optimism, too, as w...

Justin Adams 17 Jun 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Costa Rica has doubled its tropical rainforests in just a few decades. Here’s how

A mix of environmental awareness and progressive policy-making is regenerating rainforests in the country.

Johnny Wood 13 Jun 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

How Fiji is using built and natural infrastructure for climate adaptation

The people of Taiperia Village are living on the edge of land and sea, but Fiji's town councils are helping vulnerable settlements by strengthening both natural and built infrastructure.

Moushumi Chaudhury and Namrata Chand · World Resources Institute 23 May 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Scientists create first ever map of ‘wood wide web’

Scientists have created the first ever map of the underground web of fungi and bacteria which connect trees and forests around the world.

Olivia Rosane · EcoWatch 17 May 2019

Africa

Ghana is losing its rainforest faster than any other country in the world

Ghana's rate of forest loss is the highest in the world, with cocoa farming and illegal mining causing massive damage to the environment.

Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu · Quartz 10 May 2019

Forests

Could play be a game-changer for the world's forests?

Games and role play can be a powerful tool for solving real-world problems – like our current inertia over the environment.

Claude Garcia 09 May 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

What Cameroon can teach others about managing forests

Cameroon's community level governance initiative has had mixed results for forest protection.

Serge Mandiefe Piabuo, Divine Foundjem Tita, and Peter A Minang · The Conversation 24 Apr 2019

Brazil

Linguists looked for the world's weirdest languages – and English is one of them

Researchers aimed to find out which languages had the largest number of features that differed most from other languages. English came in 33rd position out of 239 languages, proving “weir...

Adam Schembri · The Conversation 18 Apr 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

3 reasons we should all care about biodiversity

As more flora and fauna disappear, it’s time to reassess our relationship with the planet.

Johnny Wood 11 Apr 2019

Sustainable Development

Plant more trees: Young forests use carbon most effectively

British scientists have discovered that young forests are more effective at absorbing carbon.

Tim Radford · EcoWatch 26 Mar 2019

Climate Change

Our most powerful, high-tech climate solution? Our forests

Forests are one of the main carbon sinks on Earth, as well as being a vitally important ecosystem for hundreds of thousands of forest-dwelling species.

Han de Groot · Scientific American 22 Mar 2019

Forests

We must look after forests so they look after us

Forest are much more important than most people realize, so unless we improve education about their benefits, efforts to save them will be thwarted.

Hiroto Mitsugi · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 21 Mar 2019

Forests

Why saving our forests should be a global priority

The movement to eliminate deforestation from supply chains has achieved a lot - but it hasn't been enough to end deforestation completely. Real, collective action is needed.

Justin Adams 21 Mar 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Australia will plant 1 billion trees in the next 11 years

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a plan to plant 1 billion trees by 2030.

Sophie Hirsh · Green Matters 21 Feb 2019

Climate Change

Norway is now paying Indonesia for not cutting down trees

Nearly 10 years after Norway agreed a $1-billion deal with Indonesia to help protect its tropical forests, deforestation rates in Indonesia have fallen, triggering the first payment.

Michael Taylor · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 19 Feb 2019

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Forests

Three steps we must take to secure the future of our forests

Costa Rica has doubled its tropical rainforests in just a few decades. Here’s how

How Fiji is using built and natural infrastructure for climate adaptation

Scientists create first ever map of ‘wood wide web’

Ghana is losing its rainforest faster than any other country in the world

Could play be a game-changer for the world's forests?

What Cameroon can teach others about managing forests

Linguists looked for the world's weirdest languages – and English is one of them

3 reasons we should all care about biodiversity

Plant more trees: Young forests use carbon most effectively

Our most powerful, high-tech climate solution? Our forests

We must look after forests so they look after us

Why saving our forests should be a global priority

Australia will plant 1 billion trees in the next 11 years

Norway is now paying Indonesia for not cutting down trees

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