The Tasmanian government has decided to open up 400,000 hectares of previously protected forest to the timber industry, a move that environmentalists say will do serious...
The selective logging and burning of trees carried out to clear land for farming in the Amazon rainforest releases 54 million tons of carbon into the...
If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. Many people seem to forget this maxim when investing. In recent years, there has been a...
The UN has rejected a proposal from the Australian government to revoke the special protection afforded to 74,000 hectares of Tasmanian rainforest, in order to allow...
The growing demand for bioenergy will exert “unparalleled and unsustainable” new pressures on the world’s land and forests, according to campaign group Friends of the Earth (FoE)...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
Converting cattle farms in the western Andes of Colombia, one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems, into forests could help tackle climate change whilst still paying...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
A combination of climate change and deforestation is making the Amazon rainforest increasingly vulnerable to devastating forest fires, a new study has said. The Amazon is...
Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne is a busy and vibrant place for people to live, work, socialise and explore. What come with such a thriving economy...
Francesca Baker asks whether humans are more of a hindrance than a help when it comes to animal conservation. Most of us love cute and cuddly...
Despite small signs of recovery in previous years, the Amazon rainforest – the ‘lungs of the Earth’ – is in danger after an increase in deforestation...
Many palm oil companies that promise to act sustainably have failed to do so, and so continue to destroy rainforests and displace local communities, according to...
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has continued to increase, accelerating by 88% in 2012 according to satellite analysis. Brazilian NGO Mongabay’s deforestation tracking system, SAD, detected...
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest may significantly decrease the amount of electricity produced from hydropower in the region, scientists have warned. A new study published in...