Anglo-French oil firm threatens Amazon reserve for isolated Indigenous people
Perenco sues Peru government for repeal of law that offers recognition to proposed Napo-Tigre reserve Isolated Peruvian tribes face a threat to their existence from...
Category : Trees and forests
US and DRC to work together on protection of rainforest and peatlands
Antony Blinken announces formal working group during Kinshasa visit, while voicing concerns over auction of oil and gas permits The US and the Democratic Republic...
Wild species support half of world’s population, report finds
Sustainability is key to survival of billions of people, says UN study, which notes income from wild species incentivises conservation • Patrick Vallance: ‘We need...
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute Pristine rainforests...
‘Lawless logging’ in DRC raises concerns over $500m forests deal signed by Boris Johnson
Critics say cash from UK, Norway, France and Germany could be wasted as damning report reveals illegalities, corruption and environmental crimes Environmental groups have raised...
Wildflower believed to be extinct for 40 years spotted in Ecuador
Gasteranthus extinctus had been presumed extinct after extensive deforestation A South American wildflower long believed to be extinct has been rediscovered. Gasteranthus extinctus was found...
Protect Indigenous people’s rights or Paris climate goals will fail, says report
Rainforests looked after by communities absorb twice as much carbon as other lands, analysis shows Paris climate agreement goals will fail unless the rights of...
Is a Madagascan mine the first to offset its destruction of rainforest?
Researchers say the island’s biggest mine is on track to achieve no net loss of forest but that ‘there remain important caveats’ Ambatovy mine on...
