100,000 Hectares of Atlantic Forest Lost in Three Years

Stretched out along the coastal zones of 17 of Brazil’s 26 states, an area marked by a high level of agricultural and industrial development, the Mata Atlântica or Atlantic Forest lost more than 100,000 hectares in the last three years, mainly due to urban expansion and economic growth.

Forests and the Planet

A major shortcoming of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change was its failure to address the huge amounts of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the destruction of the world’s rain forests. A proposal that rich nations be allowed to offset some of their emissions by paying poorer counties to leave their rain forests intact was shot down after European environmental groups objected. They argued that it would allow rich countries to buy their way out of their own obligations. The planet has been paying for that colossal blunder ever since.

Deforestation ‘faster in Africa’

Africa’s forests are disappearing faster than those in other parts of the world because of a lack of land ownership, a report says.

In Brazil, extreme weather stokes climate worries

No one could say they hadn’t seen it coming.

Amazon land giveaway outrages conservationists

A law expected to be approved by Brazil’s Congress granting 1.2 million people and numerous companies titles to a huge chunk of the Amazon rain forest could provoke a new wave of land-grabbing and deforestation, conservationists warn.

Government ‘greatly concerned’ by palm oil production

The Government has joined calls for Britain’s best-selling household groceries to use sustainable palm oil.

Government 'greatly concerned' by palm oil production

The Government has joined calls for Britain’s best-selling household groceries to use sustainable palm oil.

Indonesia: Logging moratorium `a must’ to save Riau forests

The NGO Riau Forest Rescue Working Network (Jikalahari) is urging the central government to reform forestry policies and end land disputes to slow the pace of deforestation in the province.

Indonesia: Logging moratorium `a must' to save Riau forests

The NGO Riau Forest Rescue Working Network (Jikalahari) is urging the central government to reform forestry policies and end land disputes to slow the pace of deforestation in the province.

Land clearances turned up the heat on Australian climate

Deforestation by European settlers may be to blame for making Australia’s drought longer, hotter and dryer than it would be otherwise.