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Conservation meet considers plan to...

Conservation meet considers plan to...

Latin America

Mon, Sep 6 2021

Over the last two decades, the Amazon has lost roughly 10,000 square kilometres every year, according...

From beef to chocolate, illegal deforestation...

Illegal deforestation found behind many...

World

Wed, May 19 2021

Illegal logging was behind the loss of 4.5 million hectares of forest

Trap that carbon

Trap that carbon

Climate Change

Sat, Jan 23 2021

The REDD+ initiative as a Nature-based Solution can facilitate powerful climate change mitigation

Report: US firms fund deforestation,...

US firms fund Amazon deforestation

Latin America

Wed, Oct 28 2020

The report accuses those companies of harmful practices including land seizures, violence against indigenous...

UN: World lost 100m hectares of forest...

UN: World lost 100m hectares of forest...

World

Wed, Sep 16 2020

Deforestation has hit particularly hard sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia

Before US West Coast, the world's major...

Before US West Coast, the world's major...

World

Sat, Sep 12 2020

The wildfires were mostly the result of arson and directly linked to deforestation

Brazil vice president invites DiCaprio...

Brazil vice president invites DiCaprio...

Showtime

Thu, Aug 20 2020

Last year, Brazilian right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro accused DiCaprio of funding fires in the...

Amazon deforestation accelerates by...

Amazon deforestation accelerates by...

World

Sat, Aug 8 2020

Brazil has received harsh criticism from the international community over high rate of deforestation...

With attention on Covid-19, Amazon deforestation...

With attention on Covid-19, Amazon deforestation...

World

Sat, May 9 2020

A total of 1,202sq km of forest an area more than 20 times the size of Manhattan was wiped out

Losing our forests

Losing our forests

Avenue T

Wed, Oct 2 2019

The recent Amazon fires have drawn a great deal of attention to the issue of deforestation worldwide....

Integration matters

Integration matters

Climate Change

Sun, Sep 15 2019

Learn about the work Practical Action is doing in the Rohingya camps to establish an integrated approach...

What science says about the Amazon...

What science says about the Amazon...

Anik Kabir

Wed, Aug 28 2019

Deforestation is bad for many reasons, but not because it threatens our oxygen supply

As our lungs collapse

As our lungs collapse

Shooha Tabil

Fri, Aug 23 2019

The Amazon fire rages on with no end in sight

Barriers to environmental justice

Barriers to environmental justice

Rizowan Ahmed

Sun, Jun 30 2019

Is the country’s justice system failing to protect the environment? 

'Polar bears are the least of our problems...

'Polar bears are the least of our problems...

Climate Change

Thu, May 2 2019

How the endangered white warriors of the Arctic are heralding the cataclysm

WB to provide $515m to develop fisheries,...

WB to provide $515m to develop fisheries,...

Development

Sat, Oct 6 2018

The $515 million projects include help for the Cox’s Bazar local community hosting Rohingyas

Can’t see the forest or the trees

Can’t see the forest or the trees

Editorial

Sat, Jun 23 2018

How many more people will be displaced before we realize that we must take care of the environment?

UN: Plant trees in refugee camps to...

UN: Plant trees in refugee camps

World

Thu, Jun 21 2018

Four out of five people who flee their homes rely on firewood for cooking and heating, which is a major...

Panchhari UNO cuts down trees on parishad...

Panchhari UNO cuts down trees on parishad...

Nation

Tue, May 29 2018

'Given the rampant illegal deforestation that is ongoing, administrative figures carrying out such...

Cox’s Bazar forestland may entirely...

Cox’s Bazar forestland may entirely...

Environment

Sun, May 20 2018

The influx of refugees is wreaking havoc on the environment through the depletion of natural...

Disappearing greenery

Disappearing greenery

Magazine

Thu, Mar 22 2018

How sustainable is development through deforestation?