Will Brazil’s proposed scheme make a major difference for the climate, and how will it impact communities who live in forests?
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75% of Mount Kilimanjaro’s indigenous plants have been wiped out over the last century.
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is designed to reward countries for preventing deforestation. Charts show the magnitude of the problem.
Dangerous climate tipping points will threaten food, water and coastlines. They’re irreversible and only radically accelerated climate action can stop them now.
Africa is heavily dependent on agriculture. At this year’s COP30 conference, the continent needs to secure more funding to adapt land to climate disasters.
The choices made in Brazil, where the COP30 UN climate conference takes place this month, have consequences for the entire planet.
Queensland’s conservation ledger is in the red. Despite some new national parks, bulldozers are still clearing forests and vegetation across the state.
How Brazil and Indonesia have cut down on deforestation.
New report alleges British links to human rights and environmental crises in West Papua, Indonesia.
Have you noticed new country-of-origin labels or QR codes on your shopping? Tighter labelling on items such as beef and timber mean shoppers can avoid products linked to illegal logging or deforestation.
Urban planning can prevent gullies from forming, saving costly repairs and avoiding displacement of people.
Governments have pledged vast areas for new forests, but much of this land may be unsuitable.
Small farms will have the hardest time meeting the rules, giving big producers an edge. One potential solution: agroforestry, growing coffee plants among the trees.
In rural Malawi, women influence discussions on how to combat climate change in communities that depend on forests for survival.
The activities of illegal miners are a threat to the sustainability of the crater.
Flexitarian diets and breeding better livestock can make farming more sustainable. But it will take much more to farm within the planet’s limits
Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease and other illnesses.
South Africa’s G20 presidency this year must take 7 critical steps to stop deforestation in Africa.
The world’s remaining great primary forests, including those in Borneo, the Amazon and the Congo basin, are still threatened by deforestation. This harmful practice often has colonial origins.
New research found regrowth in Queensland provided valuable habitat after 15 years, on average, with some species benefiting from trees as young as 3 years of age.
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Science, Lancaster University
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Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of Cambridge
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
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Honorary Associate Professor, The Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Reader in Ecology and Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Principal Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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CGIAR
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Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
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Professor and Climate Scientist, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
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Professor of Geography, University of Florida