Trees and forests
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Climate science, Environment, Japan, Plants, Trees and forests, World news
After 1,200 years, cherry blossom record to live on despite Japanese scientist’s death
Prof Yasuyuki Aono’s meticulous work charted shifting bloom dates as a marker of climate changeEven in his fin…
- Africa, Amazon rainforest, Americas, Animals, Biodiversity, Colombia, Conservation, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Environment, Gabon, Liberia, Nepal, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, US politics, USAid, Wildlife, World news
‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who de…
- Biodiversity, Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Gardens, Global development, India, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, Wildlife, Women, World news
Meet Kerala’s ‘rainforest gardeners’ creating a Noah’s ark for endangered plants
In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest int…
- Employment, Environment, Food security, Global development, India, Indigenous peoples, Society, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, World news
Bamboo bonanza: how a village in India used its forest to go from poverty to prosperity
Restoring age-old land rights has enabled 300 villagers to build a profitable business and halt the exodus to …
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Malaysia, Mammals, Palm oil, Primatology, Science, Trees and forests, Wildlife, World news
Malaysia plans to give orangutans to countries that buy palm oil
‘Orangutan diplomacy’ strategy aims to ease concern over environmental impact of palm oil production, says min…
- Culture, Dance, Environment, Environmental activism, India, South and Central Asia, Stage, Trees and forests, UK news, World news
‘She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist
Saalumarada Thimmakka’s story of planting banyan trees led to a determined quest to find her, and a show about…
- Business, Conservation, Conservation and indigenous people, Deforestation, Environment, Global development, Human rights, India, Indigenous peoples, Shipping industry, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, World news
India’s plan for untouched Nicobar isles will be ‘death sentence’ for isolated tribe
Exclusive: $9bn port, airport and military base on Great Nicobar Island will cause ‘genocide’ of isolated Shom…
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‘It’s bittersweet’: parts of New Zealand’s Waitākere Ranges to reopen after ban to save kauri tree
The ban has been in place for more than five years to stop a pathogen killing the ancient trees, but the fight…
- Conservation, Conservation and indigenous people, Environment, India, Mining, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, World news
‘We are powerless’: Indian villagers live in fear of torture in fight against bauxite mine
Adivasis in Banteji say they also face arrests, violence and harassment by police and company officialsFor mon…
- Business, Climate crisis, Cricket, Drought, Employment, Environment, Global development, India, Kashmir, South and Central Asia, Sport, Travel & leisure, Trees and forests, World news
Not seeing the trees for the wood: willow shortage could spell end for Kashmir’s cricket bat industry
The climate crisis and farmers opting to grow more lucrative timber is putting many bat-makers in Kashmir out …
- Business, Deforestation, Environment, Myanmar, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, US news, World news
US imports of ‘blood teak’ from Myanmar continue despite sanctions
The harvesting of the luxury wood contributes to deforestation and profits from its sale support the country’s…
- Animals, Birds, Conservation, Conservation and indigenous people, Environment, Global development, India, Indigenous peoples, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, Wildlife, World news
Great pretender: the bird with an Elvis-like quiff that can’t stop mimicking
Scientists are learning the secrets of the greater racket-tailed drongo and other creatures in a jungle in sou…
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Scientists hope ‘world’s loneliest tree’ will help answer climate questions
New Zealand researchers believe the isolated spruce could reveal much about the Southern Ocean, one of the wor…
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Salvation of New Zealand’s dying giant kauri trees may have roots in Māori wisdom
The country’s largest trees, kauri are threatened by dieback and climate change. But there is hope for the rev…
- Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Food, Foraging, Global development, India, Indian food and drink, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, Trees and forests, Women, World news
How nine women are helping save India’s mangroves – with foraging and eco-tours
In a Maharashtra town that once relied on fishing, a women’s collective found boat safaris and edible wild pla…