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Environment minister of country home to world’s third-biggest rainforest says deforestation pledge must not halt developmentIndonesia has questioned the terms of a Cop26 deal to end deforestation by 2030, days after joining more than 100 countries in s…
Read MoreChina funnelling billions into harmful production of beef, soy and palm oil, says campaign groupCampaigners have called on Chinese banks to stop funding overseas agribusinesses that accelerate deforestation and biodiversity loss and have a negative imp…
Read MoreChina is the major buyer of wood from Pacific nations like PNG and Solomon Islands, which are implicated in illegal or unsustainable loggingRead more of our Pacific Plunder series hereAn illegally logged tree, felled in the diminishing forests of Papua…
Read MoreChina received more than half of all seafood, wood, and minerals exported from the region in 2019. Experts warn this is creating ‘enormous challenges for sustainable development’Read more of our Pacific Plunder series hereOne country dominates the Paci…
Read MorePeak bloom reached on 26 March in Kyoto and experts say impact of global warming is to blameJapan’s famous cherry blossoms have reached their flowery peak in many places earlier this year than at any time since formal records began nearly 70 years ago,…
Read MoreCoverage on recent struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cardiff Bay to Thailand Continue reading…
Read MoreTree-viewing parties are banned as many coronavirus restrictions remainCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan will emerge from 10 weeks of coronavirus restrictions on Sunday, just in time for the peak of the annual cherry blo…
Read MoreKerala villagers are reaping the benefits of a scheme that pays them to leave their trees rooted, reducing risk of deforestationIn the misty, hilly terrain of Wayanad, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, the people with any access to land in the qu…
Read MoreAustralian photographer Brian Cassey visits Hasdeo Arand, one of the largest contiguous stretches of dense forest in central India. The area is rich in biodiversity, containing many threatened species including elephants, leopards and sloth bears. A ra…
Read MoreMaximum penalties in the tens of thousands of dollars apply for using routes that are closed to contain dieback diseaseA hiker in New Zealand has become the first to be charged with walking on closed tracks in the Waitakere ranges, violating a ban put …
Read MorePunjab residents must plant 10 trees to get a firearms licence – and send photos to prove itResidents in a district of the Indian state of Punjab who want to buy a gun face an unlikely new hurdle: to secure a firearm licence, they must plant at least 1…
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