Why reducing emissions from deforestation, forest degradation remains a challenge

Fund constraints and lack of clarity on implementation derails the progress of REDD+

Technique developed in Kenya offers a refined way to map tree cover

A new approach to monitor changes to the earth's surface uses maps that consist of physical and human geographic data to explain what's changed

Forest-risk goods

Export-oriented commercial agriculture is the single largest driver of tropical deforestation, argues a new book

HSBC forced to safeguard Indonesia's rainforests

A probe by international non-profit Greenpeace linked Europe’s largest bank to companies destroying rainforests

Karnataka forest encroachments outpace reclamation efforts

The state witnesses the third highest encroachment of forests in India after Madhya Pradesh and Assam

Southeast Asia’s mangroves under threat due to land conversion for cultivation

Study says expansion of rice agriculture in Myanmar and conversion of mangroves for oil palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia are leading to …

Under stress

Biodiversity at risk in protected forest areas

Wood cuts

THE FUTURE OF WORLD FORESTS: THEIR USE AND CONSERVATION Edited by Kilaparti Ramakrishna and George M Woodwell Publisher: Natraj Publishers, …

BANGLADESH

Lifting of ban earns UP government brickbats

The Uttar Pradesh government's decision to lift the ban on tree-felling in the Garhwal Himalaya has brought on it the wrath of both the Central …

Exaggerated losses

Villagers in charge

Rightful dues

Popular pressure must break this unholy alliance

Timber-felling quota exceeded in Andamans

The environment ministry is in trouble in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, where it has violated timber extraction limits.

Betta lands battle

Forest fiasco

Laos' forests may go for a six following the implementation of two forest-aid packages

BRAZIL

Bringing in devastation

Refugee movements the world over have had an unfortunate aftermath: the degradation of environment. The UN hcr has now come out with a set of …

The last frontier?

Blind carnage

VICTIMS OF WAR

One long yarn?

Recent studies say deforestation figures in west Africa have been exaggerated by Northern agencies

LAOS

Forest officials suspended