Tag: forests

Cultivating palm trees and sugarcane needed to create biomass at scale for the biofuel industry requires transforming vast amounts of land

India’s environmental court is investigating whether the country’s natural forests are in steep decline, despite claims from the government that the country’s green cover...

Since the start of the year 1,730,000 people have needed hospital treatment for respiratory conditions caused by air pollution

Super Typhoon Noru weakened into a typhoon after hitting the Sierra Madre mountain range in Dingalan, Aurora province

As Indonesia slows deforestation, it is seeking more international finance for forest conservation programmes that reduce carbon emissions

Forests should be valued for the direct benefits they offer to local communities

After months of hiatus due to the fear of contagion, residents of Batu Puteh have returned to plant trees to green the rainforest

Through an enterprise set up by the village authorities, residents are harvesting and selling kenari, a mineral-rich nut

Deforestation and global warming in one Indonesian province caused temperatures to rise nearly a whole degree Celsius in 16 years

Since he was young, Ka Dodoy knew the realities of diminishing fish harvests in once rich fishing grounds