Deforestation
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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…
- Asia Pacific, Colonialism, Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Food & drink industry, Human rights, Indonesia, Mondelēz, Nestlé, Palm oil, Procter & Gamble, West Papua, World news
West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide
Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz bra…
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Guardians of the Gibbons: animal-human harmony hangs in the balance
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the…
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Guardians of the Gibbons: can India save its only ape species from extinction?
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the…
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War, deforestation, flooding: in Afghanistan they are all linked
Always prone to natural disasters, the country’s plight has worsened, and not only because of the climate cris…
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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…
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Death tolls mount as elephants and people compete for land in Sri Lanka
Conservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a…
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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…
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Deforestation, Environment, Extreme weather, Fiji, Flooding, Pacific islands, South Pacific
‘First line of defence’: mangroves – and mitigation – lost in Fiji’s tourism development
Mangroves, vital in protecting villages from environmental disasters, have been destroyed to build luxury hote…
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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…
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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…
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‘Like killing my children’: former loggers now defend Assam’s forests
Illegal logging is robbing Indians of food, medicine and even saffron to dye monks’ robes. Now local people ar…
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Indonesia, Trees and forests
Indonesia says Cop26 zero-deforestation pledge it signed ‘unfair’
Environment minister of country home to world’s third-biggest rainforest says deforestation pledge must not ha…
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Chinese banks urged to divest from firms linked to deforestation
China funnelling billions into harmful production of beef, soy and palm oil, says campaign groupCampaigners ha…
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‘Reclaim These Streets’ and rubber duck rallies: human rights roundup – in pictures
Coverage on recent struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cardiff Bay to Thailand Continue reading...