Slaves to deforestation: Labour abuses fuel Brazil’s Amazon destruction
FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on labour abuses which are underpinning deforestation in Brazil…
Fighting deforestation: Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss
CHRISTOPHER BENDANA, writing for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how deforestation in Uganda is not only being slowed – but reversed…
Myanmar’s renewed war scatters tens of thousands to forests
Reuters Some camps dotted in the forest have a few dozen people, some more than a thousand. The displaced sleep packed together under plastic sheeting for protection from Myanmar’s monsoon rains. Food is short and there are signs of disease spreading, according to people who have fled recent fighting in eastern Myanmar’s Kayah State – […]
From beef to chocolate, illegal deforestation found behind many everyday foods
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly 70 per cent of tropical forests cleared for cattle ranching and crops such as soybeans and palm oil were deforested illegally between 2013 and 2019, a study showed on Tuesday, warning of the impact on global efforts to fight climate change. Illegal logging was behind the loss of 4.5 million […]
Forests as big as France have grown back since 2000, research shows
Thomson Reuters Foundation From Mongolia to southern Brazil, forests big enough to cover France have grown back during the last 20 years, but the gains did not make up for losses elsewhere, a study found on Tuesday. An analysis of satellite data by a team of researchers led by the World Wide Fund for Nature, […]
Forest protection: Armed with phones and seeds, jobless Kenyans tackle illegal logging
KAGONDU NJAGI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts to stem deforestation in Kwale County, Kenya, during the coronavirus pandemic…
Air pollution: Nepal chokes on smoke and ash as drought-worsened wildfires rage
AADESH SUBEDI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Nepal on how air pollution caused by fires is creating hardships…
Global rainforest loss “relentless” in 2020, but South-East Asia offers hope
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Tropical forest losses hit their third-highest level in almost two decades last year, despite improved conservation in parts of South-East Asia, researchers said on Wednesday, warning of rising deforestation risks as nations restart pandemic-hit economies. The loss in 2020 of 4.2 million hectares of primary forest – intact areas of […]
UN urges support for “best guardians” of forests to fight climate crisis
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation As the “best guardians” of Latin America’s forests, Indigenous tribes need greater access to climate finance and secure land tenure to stem deforestation and climate change, the United Nations said on Thursday. Tribal lands hold about a third of the carbon stored in Latin America’s forests, the UN’s Food and Agriculture […]
Illegal logging: Treetop sensors help Indonesia eavesdrop on forests
HARRY JACQUES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how technology is being employed in the battle to stop illegal logging in Indonesian forests…