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    Indonesia seals off companies over forest fires

    14 Sep 2019

    Indonesia has sealed off 30 companies amid a row with Malaysia over forest fires that are spreading a thick, noxious haze around Southeast Asia. Forestry official Sugeng Riyanto said on Saturday the plantation companies

    Video: New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil military planes battle flames

    26 Aug 2019

    Two C-130 Hercules aircraft carrying thousands of liters of water on Sunday began dousing fires devouring chunks of the world's largest rainforest.

    Douse Amazon forest fires before it’s too late

    25 Aug 2019

    The Amazon in South America is the largest, most diverse tropical rainforest on Earth and it is natural that the entire world is worried and angry over the worst blazes in years raging there. It is hugely important that the fires in the Brazilian rainforest, known as the lungs of the planet, be extinguished as quickly

    Malaysia, Indonesia shut thousands of schools over forest fires haze

    19 Sep 2019

    Nearly 2,500 schools were ordered to shut their doors in Malaysia over soaring health concerns sparked by toxic haze from out-of-control blazes in Indonesia's Sumatra and Borneo islands.

    Razing of Sumatran forests spells trouble

    02 Mar 2021

    You might not know that the tyres from your new electric SUV could be pushing orangutans closer to extinction. Or, that the wheels on your diesel hatchback are adding to the microplastics in our oceans. You might be blissfully unaware of the

    Two-thirds of global tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded

    10 Mar 2021

    Researchers found that the total forest loss between 2002 and 2019 was larger than the size of France, with more than half of the destruction happening in the Amazon region.

    Rare 20-million-year-old tree found in Greece

    27 Jan 2021

    It is the first time a tree has been found in such good condition complete with branches and roots since excavations began in 1995.

    Tiger kills couple, mauls one more in Indian state of Bihar

    13 Feb 2021

    Apparently a group of three set out for their field after dinner on Friday night to guard their rabi crops. As they were about to mount the 'maachaan' (a tree-top or elevated post to keep guard mainly in farmlands or forest areas), they were ambushed by a tiger.

    Hunt on for Indian tiger after eighth human kill

    07 Oct 2020

    The big cat's latest victim, an elderly villager, was mauled to death late Monday when he ventured into a forest for firewood in Khambada, around 660 kilometres from the financial capital Mumbai.

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    Climate crisis could turn Amazon rainforest into savanna

    07 Oct 2020

    Nearly half of the rainforest is at a tipping point and has become ‘very sensitive to global change’ leading to rapid loss of its ability to adapt, say researchers.

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