Asia Pacific May 3, 2021
Stung by 2015 fires, Indonesia's shift to forest protection reaps rewards
by Michael Taylor
A bold policy reset amid the crisis has helped the country achieve four straight years of declines in deforestation.
World Apr 15, 2021
Road to ruin: Informal byways sow destruction in Colombia's Amazon
by Oliver Griffin
The dirt tracks winding through southern Colombia's tangled jungle often mark the beginning of the end for besieged patches of Amazon rainforest.
World Apr 8, 2021
Amazon deforestation rose 17% in 'dire' 2020, data shows
by Anastasia Moloney
The loss of primary forest — the clearing of old-growth, intact forest for the first time — hit its third-highest annual total on record since 2000, reaching 2.3 million hectares.
Asia Pacific Apr 5, 2021
With stories and puppets, environmentalist battles to save Indonesia's mangroves
by Tommy Ardiansyah and Stanley Widianto
Caked in mud up to their knees, a small group of Indonesian youngsters plant mangrove saplings along a stretch of exposed coastline next to the Java Sea under the watchful eye of local environmentalist Samsudin. A former school teacher, Samsudin has now dedicated his life ...
World Apr 1, 2021
Global rainforest loss 'relentless,' but Southeast Asia offers hope
by Michael Taylor
The loss in 2020 of 4.2 million hectares of primary forest — intact areas of old-growth trees — equaled the size of the Netherlands.
Asia Pacific Mar 19, 2021
Australia fires spewed as much smoke into stratosphere as volcano, study says
The amount of smoke released into the atmosphere by the 2019-2020 bushfires is comparable to that put out by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991.
National Mar 15, 2021
A forest fire that broke out in late February on a mountain north of Tokyo has finally been extinguished after scorching about 106 hectares, the local government said Monday. With firefighters pointing to the possibility of a hiker having caused the fire in Ashikaga, Tochigi ...
Asia Pacific Mar 8, 2021
India's evictions of forest dwellers in troubled Kashmir stoke anger
Thousands of apple trees in small forest villages have been chopped down and wooden homes knocked down by police, forest guards and other officials.
World | ANALYSIS Feb 26, 2021
Pandemic likely made 2020 'another devastating year' for world's forests
by Michael Taylor
The spread of the virus weakened environmental regulations, cut funding for protection work and forced city migrants back to rural areas.
Asia Pacific Feb 15, 2021
Treetop sensors help Indonesia eavesdrop on forests to curb illegal logging
by Harry Jacques
Clipped onto a rope, climbing high up in a tree swaying in gusts of wind, Topher White finally reaches the roof of the rainforest and opens a laptop to run checks on a machine he built to transmit 24-hour live sound from the surrounding ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health | ANALYSIS Feb 4, 2021
Indonesia's 'green diesel,' powered by palm oil, fuels threat to forests
The country is home to the world's third-largest tropical forests but is also its biggest producer of palm oil, and is steadily increasing use of the oil in biodiesel to boost demand.
World / Science & Health Jan 14, 2021
Wielding machetes and calipers, sweat-soaked scientists count carbon in Amazon
by Jake Spring
Brazilian researchers are seeking to learn how much carbon can be stored in different parts of the world's largest rainforest.