World Oct 2, 2020
Brazil's Amazon sees nearly two-thirds more fires than last September
Satellites used by the National Institute of Space Research detected 32,017 outbreaks last month in the Amazon, compared to 19,925 in the same month in 2019.
World / Science & Health Sep 28, 2020
In Brazil's Amazon, a COVID-19 resurgence dashes herd immunity hopes
by Anthony Boadle
Researchers suggested a fall in COVID-19 deaths in Manaus pointed to herd immunity, but they also believe antibodies may not last more than a few months.
World / Science & Health | FOCUS Sep 22, 2020
Fierce, frequent climate-fueled wildfires may decimate forests worldwide
by Matthew Green
As climate change makes regions more arid, wildfires have grown more frequent and ferocious.
National | FOCUS Sep 16, 2020
Forestry still the most dangerous industry in Japan
by Naoki Toya
Bereaved families of victims are calling for an overhaul of the industry's lax safety management and are turning to the courts for relief.
World / Crime & Legal Aug 31, 2020
Mapping environmental crime seen as key to slowing Amazon forest losses
by Mauricio Angelo
One group has estimated that 90 percent of all forest loss in the Amazon basin is illegal.
Business Aug 25, 2020
The move would help reduce Japan's reliance on nonrenewable power sources.
World Aug 6, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic leaves Amazon rainforest more vulnerable than ever
The virus has magnified the plight of indigenous tribes at a time when the dreaded forest fires are raging once again.
National | Regional voices: Chubu May 22, 2020
Nagano communities plagued by pine parasite at odds over pesticide
The new mayor of Matsumoto has called off aerial pesticide spraying that had been planned for this fiscal year.
World May 20, 2020
British supermarkets threaten Brazil boycott over Amazon land law
Leading British supermarket chains have warned Brazil they may be forced to boycott its goods if lawmakers in the South American country pass a bill that would "encourage further land grabbing" in the Amazon. In an open letter to Brazilian senators and deputies, the companies ...
World May 9, 2020
With attention on the coronavirus, Amazon deforestation surges
As the world focuses on the coronavirus, deforestation continues to surge in the Amazon rainforest this year, raising fears of a repeat of last year's record-breaking devastation — or worse. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new high in the first four months of ...
Asia Pacific May 2, 2020
As loggers exploit virus, Cambodian forest protectors defy state ban
by Matt Blomberg
A Cambodian conservation group has warned that logging in the protected Prey Lang forest has ramped up during the coronavirus pandemic, vowing it would continue to monitor the destruction despite government threats of legal action to stop that work. Members of the Prey Lang Community ...
World / Science & Health Apr 1, 2020
Health experts call pandemic a window into future climate threats
The coronavirus pandemic is a preview of the types of global health threats that will emerge as the planet becomes hotter, and how it is tackled has implications for dealing with climate threats as well, health experts said on Tuesday. "With COVID-19, we can see ...