Forests

Exploring reforestation, sustainable practices, and species conservation efforts to counter deforestation and preserve habitats

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Climate impacts

Latin American artists turn climate anxiety into inspiration

An exhibition taking viewers inside Argentina’s biggest gas field is part of the growing ‘artivism’ movement

Marina Bello

A person stands at the mouth of a dark cave, surrounded by rocky walls

Indigenous peoples

Kalimantan’s last hunter-gatherers: ‘The more we report, the faster our forest disappears’

scorched hillside

Wildfires

Leaving Home: She left after the fire; a Chilean community’s struggle to stay

Deforestation

Coca and cattle fuel devastation in Colombia’s Amazon

Soya beans being dropped in an open field

Soy

Could end of soy pact lead to Amazon deforestation surge?

Conservation

In India’s Thar Desert, trees are raised as family

Colourful frogs in dense vegetation

Biodiversity

Ecuador, ‘the country of frogs’, scrambles to record its diversity

Indigenous participants gathering with attire and traditional instruments at a march

Indigenous peoples

‘They invite us to speak, but not to decide’

aerial view of ash after forest fire

Wildfires

Ñembi Guasu: The great Bolivian hideaway fighting against fire

Highlights

Wood from Zambia’s miombo forests to is weighed to check it is dry enough for charcoal production.

Conservation

Saving Africa’s miombo woodlands

Nine countries are trying to halt damage to the vast but shrinking miombo biome, and save the Zambezi Basin

Temwani Mgunda

woman using long stick to pick fruit

Deforestation

Can one of Brazil’s deforestation hotspots become a green leader?

Under pressure after racking up Amazon deforestation records, Pará state is now targeting the bioeconomy

A woman walking on the double decker living root bridge in a forest

Biodiversity

India was a tree planting laboratory for 200 years – here are the results

Dhanapal Govindarajulu examines the lessons from India's long history of afforestation initiatives

palm oil forest surrounding river

Supply chains

Will the EU’s deforestation law keep forests standing?

Many welcome the EU’s new regulation for deforestation-free commodities, but concerns over the impact on small-scale farmers abound

A pig stands in a pen with a brick wall behind it

Biodiversity

Pigs are eating away at the Orinoquía forest of Colombia

A woman wearing a blue dress holds a basket over her head

Gender

Indigenous Shuar women are protecting the Ecuadorian Amazon

A group of individuals search for seeds in a dense, green forest

Amazon

Seed networks drive forest restoration in Brazil

A traditional Chinese temple surrounded by greenery and autumn foliage, with visitors walking up the stairs.

Culture

Rare trees find refuge in China’s temples

two people standing on wooden walkway

Migration

Extreme drought forces Brazil’s Indigenous people into cities

A woman walks across a rocky path by a river, carrying a rolled mat, while another person washes clothes in the water.

Energy transition

Indigenous communities fear impacts of Cambodian wind projects

A woman gathers lemons from the branches of a tree

Climate adaptation

How the Shuar of Ecuador are responding to climate change and environmental degradation

woman talking into microphone

Climate diplomacy

Brazilian courts have begun accounting for climate damage

machine placing logs onto larger pile

Timber

Uruguay bets on forestry despite pollution and civil unrest

An illustration of a bird in a cage surrounded by musical notes hanging

Conservation

Malaysia’s booming songbird competition scene could silence its forests

A worker in a soy silo of the 3tentos company

Deforestation

US-China tariff spat could raise Brazil deforestation risk

A man on a motorcycle passing felled trees at a deforestation site

Deforestation

India’s forests are disappearing, but not on paper

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