A rainforest might look intact in satellite images – but the reality is often different. Degraded tropical rainforests are now the norm, threatening the species within.
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As world leaders gather at COP29 to consider reducing emissions, the latest global carbon budget shows CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are still going up, not down, despite some promising signs.
Deforestation has cast Moo Deng’s wild relatives into a hostile landscape of cocoa farms and mines.
A new study shows that rapid loss of forests has prompted a colour change in stoneflies, caused by a genetic mutation. This means human change to the environment can drive evolution.
Rainforest is fast being turned into cattle ranches.
For the Maasai, Nyekweri forest has such a high ecological and socio-cultural value. But new conservancies aren’t working as best they could.
The environmental footprint of artisanal mining depends on how it’s done – and the effects of alternative land uses like farming.
We must make protected areas more effective, to conserve what’s left of Earth’s plants and animals.
Mining operations can damage both communities and the natural world. Yet, the demand for critical minerals to supply the renewable energy industry is rising.
Orders to not investigate potential government wrongdoing sets an alarming precedent for the future of B.C. forestry.
Three years ago, Australia pledged to end deforestation by decade’s end. But land clearing continues due to legal exemptions and a lack of enforcement
‘Forest mafia’ are fueling ‘narco-deforestation’ through illegal land acquisition, mineral extraction, and poaching.
Half of Ethiopia’s territory is prone to medium to very high landslide risk.
Central America’s forests are critically important habitat for many forest birds, including endangered species. Narco-traffickers are cutting down trees, leaving birds with nowhere to go.
To reduce deforestation and boost biodiversity to help address climate change, returning lands to Indigenous communities is crucial and effective.
More than 700 million hectares of land in Africa has been degraded by human activity. Everyone can get involved in restoring the ecology.
Avocados are marketed as a superfood, but growing them for an expanding world market has turned a rural Mexican state into an unsustainable monoculture.
Deforestation can make landslides more likely. But by itself, replanting trees isn’t enough to remove the risk.
Understanding how humans came to exert such enormous pressure on Earth’s ecosystems can inform more sustainable ways of living.
Ghana is losing forests because of cocoa farming, firewood harvesting, mining and logging.
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Science, Lancaster University
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Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Honorary Associate Professor, The Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Principal Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Reader in Ecology and Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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CGIAR
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Professor and Climate Scientist, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
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Research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Researcher in Ecology, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)
