deforestation

Across the world, farmers are turning waste biomass into biochar, which can be used to improve their soils, boost the yields of their crops and create a new source of income — all while sequestering carbon.

If the U.S. adopted a national flexitarian diet, researchers say it would reduce the footprint of farmland across the country by roughly the size of South Dakota — freeing that land for efforts that improve carbon sequestration and biodiversity.

For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said.

In the emergency order, the commonwealth’s department of health said it had recorded 549 cases of the disease this year so far, a 140 per cent increase over the same period a year ago.

Real-time satellite monitoring shows that so far in 2024, more than 10,000 wildfires have ripped across 11,000 square kilometres of the Amazon, across multiple countries. Never have this many fires burned so much of the forest this early in the year.

A new report says cutting emissions should still be a key priority as it cautions against mass monoculture tree-planting.

A letter signed by more than 100 scientists is urging the Canadian government to take action to stop the degradation of its previously undisturbed forests from large-scale industrial logging.

Shortly after a new EU law was introduced to crack down on the import of unsustainable forest products that result in “forest degradation,” Canada went to work defining the term.

Trees of breathtaking size surround us, draped with moss and lichen, as droplets of water sparkle on the tips of endless foliage.

Amazon rainforest nation leaders met Tuesday for the first time in 14 years to find common ground on fuelling economic development while protecting an ecosystem vital to the battle against climate change.

A new study shows that cutting down trees for paper, furniture and fuel emits three times more carbon than flying.

The loss of forests across Africa has long been documented. But recent studies show that small farmers from Senegal to Ethiopia to Malawi are allowing trees to regenerate on their lands, resulting in improved crop yields, productive fruit harvests and a boost for carbon storage.

New research finds that tropical mammals suffer the impact of deforestation even if they live in protected areas.

The activist group alleges that Cargill, the nation’s largest privately-held company and the world’s largest agribusiness company, has failed to keep pledges on eliminating deforestation from its supply chains.

A major new United Nations report being released on Monday is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold.