Environment
Forests
From palm oil production to forest bathing, the world’s trees are used for a surprising array of human activities. On this page, readers will find wide-ranging coverage of the challenges and opportunities for the world’s forests and the people who call them home. We make the case for Indigenous-led forest protection and question whether ‘sustainable forestry’ is actually an oxymoron.
Peru's 'anti-forest law' rewards crime and screws the planet
The law boosts deforestation and endangers land defenders, but resistance is growing writes Vanessa Baird.
Lessons from the Amazon’s drought
The worst drought in a century is pushing the Amazon to the brink, Leonardo Sakamoto writes. How will Brazil respond?
Battle of the heavyweights
Jan Goodey reports on the legal bid to save the Amazon fringe that could set a worldwide precedent for forest protection.
Mozambique plantation leaves no land or jobs for villagers
Promised plantation jobs, five years later these Mozambicans are still waiting, discovers Nils Adler.
Logging louts
Forest communities are under siege in Cambodia, says Fran Lambrick.
Certified nonsense
Sustainable forestry may be an oxymoron. Chris Lang finds some holes in the system.
Forest facts
Facts and figures about trees and forests, from carbon control to biodiversity.
Forest bathing
Escaping the pressures of modern life in Japan. By Tina Burrett and Christopher Simons.
A burning problem
Nithin Coca reports from Indonesia on the expansion of oil palm plantations in the rainforests of Sumatra.
Last stand
The world’s last great woodlands are fast disappearing – with untold consequences for the environment and for us. Time to stop the destruction, argues Wayne Ellwood.
Indigenous Kenyans evicted in the name of ‘conservation’
Matthew Newsome exposes a government scheme to rob the Sengwer people of their forest home.
Death by spider: deforestation in Pakistan
A strange phenomenon is worsening an already dire situation for the country’s trees, says Syed Hamad Ali.
10 things you should know about tree 'offsets'
Forest and climate change campaigner *Jutta Kill* explains why planting trees is no substitute for reducing pollution.
The answer to climate change is social change
Carbon offsets are not a solution. There are no quick fixes, time to ditch the guilt and get active argues Adam Ma’anit.