American West’s most iconic tree is disappearing

A profound unraveling is underway in the American Southwest, happening across a thousand-mile arc from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the central Sierra. In an unprecedented calamity, the most...

Grim situation

Wrong policies

Global dataset reveals Indian deforestation drivers

A new global dataset developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI), Google Deep Mind and The Sustainability Consortium determines the reasons for forest loss at one-kilometre spatial resolution, as...

Colombia’s limited success in checking deforestation

Colombia lost forest cover in the fragile Amazon part of the country in 2024 which was much higher than in 2023 which had the lowest rate of deforestation. But...

Villagers step up to halt Sierra Leone deforestation

Deep inside a Sierra Leone national park, a mother of seven was about to set dozens of tree trunks ablaze to make charcoal. Producing the cheap fuel in this...

EU to push back deforestation regulation by a year

Among the Western countries, the European Union (EU) has been the most vocal and active in pushing for climate change legislation. This seems to have hit a roadblock with...