Wielding machetes and calipers, sweat-soaked scientists count carbon in Amazon
Brazilian researchers are seeking to learn how much carbon can be stored in different parts of the world's largest rainforest.
The real trees behind fake corporate climate progress
Carbon offsets — an increasingly popular tool used by thousands of companies to declare improved environmental performances — sometimes fall short of big claims.
A 10 billion-tree plan is restoring Pakistan’s lost forests
Pakistan’s arid climate and rocky deserts may seem like an unlikely place to look for a green revolution, but the nation has begun one of the world’s largest reforestation programs.
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.
In Brazil's Amazon, a COVID-19 resurgence dashes herd immunity hopes
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.
Fierce, frequent climate-fueled wildfires may decimate forests worldwide
As climate change makes regions more arid, wildfires have grown more frequent and ferocious.
Forestry still the most dangerous industry in Japan
Bereaved families of victims are calling for an overhaul of the industry's lax safety management and are turning to the courts for relief.
Mapping environmental crime seen as key to slowing Amazon forest losses
One group has estimated that 90 percent of all forest loss in the Amazon basin is illegal.
The move would help reduce Japan's reliance on nonrenewable power sources.
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.
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.
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 ...
