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Fighting on all fronts. Samela, a 23-year-old activist from the Association of the Satere-Mawe Indigenous Women in Manaus, Amazonas in Brazil, co-ordinates the production of protective face masks.RAPHAEL ALVES/IMF/CREATIVE COMMONS

21 Jun 2021 3 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

Let the people protect the forests

Want to restore and protect the world's forests? Then uphold the rights of the people who live in them, says Danny...

2 Apr 2018 5 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Mozambique plantation leaves no land or jobs for villagers

Promised plantation jobs, five years later these Mozambicans are still waiting, discovers Nils Adler.

1 May 2017 9 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

‘We are ready’: why West Papuan independence isn't just a dream

What would a free West Papua look like? Independence leaders from the government-in-waiting lay out their visions for a free...

1 Apr 2016 9 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Last stand

The world’s last great woodlands are fast disappearing – with untold consequences for the environment and for us. Time to stop...

1 Apr 2016 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

A burning problem

Nithin Coca reports from Indonesia on the expansion of oil palm plantations in the rainforests of Sumatra.

1 Apr 2016 4 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Forest bathing

Escaping the pressures of modern life in Japan. By Tina Burrett and Christopher Simons.

1 Apr 2016 1 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Forest facts

Facts and figures about trees and forests, from carbon control to biodiversity.

1 Apr 2016 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Certified nonsense

Sustainable forestry may be an oxymoron. Chris Lang finds some holes in the system.

1 Apr 2016 4 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Logging louts

Forest communities are under siege in Cambodia, says Fran Lambrick.

1 Apr 2016 4 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Green machines

Diana Beresford-Kroeger unveils the hidden bio-chemistry of trees.

29 Feb 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Planting a million trees for Malawi

Sabine Joukes reports on a project to halt deforestation in a once-fertile land.

12 Dec 2015 4 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Coal’s hidden ‘double whammy’

Millions of hectares of forest are threatened by coal mining, warns Saskia Ozinga.

8 Dec 2015 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

‘Recognizing our rights to live in our forests is part of the solution to climate change’

Justin Kenrick meets with Sengwer community's Yator Kiptum and Milka Chepkorir...

21 Oct 2015 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

‘The earth in Indonesia is on fire’

Nithin Coca looks at the causes of an unfolding environmental and health catastrophe.

24 Apr 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Corporate profit trumps common sense in Brazil

Anne Petermann on why newly approved GMO trees are bad news – and illegal.

17 Apr 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

EU ups its tropical forest-related aid

On the face of it, this is good news, says Saskia Ozinga – but only if local communities have a say in how...

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