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Conservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a decadeSetting out from home to collect firewood on a cool spring morning last year, Harshini Wanninayake and her mother had no idea only one …
Read MoreExclusive: $9bn port, airport and military base on Great Nicobar Island will cause ‘genocide’ of isolated Shompen, academics warnAcademics from around the world have urged India to cancel a huge construction project on Great Nicobar Island, warning it …
Read MoreMangroves, vital in protecting villages from environmental disasters, have been destroyed to build luxury hotelsIn the crook of a river near the west coast of Fiji sits Yavusania village. One day soon, if nothing is done to help, residents fear it will…
Read MoreThe harvesting of the luxury wood contributes to deforestation and profits from its sale support the country’s military regimeThousands of tons of timber from Myanmar have continued to be imported into the US, despite government sanctions against the c…
Read MoreIn a Maharashtra town that once relied on fishing, a women’s collective found boat safaris and edible wild plants pay – and help protect the forestOn a hot summer afternoon along the Mandavi River, Shweta Hule wraps her sari around her ankles and bends…
Read MoreIllegal logging is robbing Indians of food, medicine and even saffron to dye monks’ robes. Now local people are fighting backIn the pitch dark, the volunteers walk for hours along roads surrounded by dense forest. They patrol in near silence, listening…
Read MoreEnvironment 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 MoreCoverage on recent struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cardiff Bay to Thailand Continue reading…
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…
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