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Brazil moves toward paving road which is key to Amazon deforestation

Brazil’s government has granted a preliminary environmental permit for paving a dirt road that cuts through one of the Amazon rainforest’s most preserved areas. The road known as BR-319 runs for about 560 miles and is the only road connecting Manaus,...

29 Jul 2022 at 22:30

Livestock can help reforestation process if managed carefully – research

The presence of grazing animals can be both a help and a hindrance to meeting the UK’s tree planting targets, new research has found. A study by ecologists at the University of Plymouth found that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing ...

31 Jan 2022 at 02:25

Scotland

Boost for Scotland’s rainforest recovery as RSPB takes on nature reserve

Potential recovery for Scotland’s rainforest has been given a boost as RSPB Scotland takes on stewardship of Glencripesdale nature reserve. Responsibility for the former national nature reserve, located on the tip of the Morvern Peninsula on the ...

01 Aug 2022 at 01:01

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Germany pledges £179m to help preserve Brazil’s rainforest

German development minister Svenja Schulze has announced her government will make 222 million dollars (£179 million) available for environmental policies in Brazil. Of this, 38 million dollars (£30.7 million) is a donation to the Amazon Fund, ...

30 Jan 2023 at 17:10

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Lorry drivers backing Bolsonaro block hundreds of roads in election protest

Brazilian truckers supportive of President Jair Bolsonaro blocked hundreds of roads to protest against his election loss to former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Since the left-wing Mr da Silva’s’s victory on Sunday night, many truck ...

01 Nov 2022 at 18:11

World

Amazon deforestation in Brazil ‘down to lowest level since 2016’

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released on Wednesday. It is the largest reduction since 2016, when officials began using the current ...

07 Aug 2024 at 21:17

New efforts to protect African forest elephants in Gabon for nature and climate

Critically endangered forest elephants play a key role in conserving rainforests that are crucial wildlife habitats and carbon stores, experts in the animals’ stronghold say. Officials in Gabon, central Africa, are implementing ...

09 May 2022 at 01:55

Britain’s rainforests home to wildlife from giant slugs to white-tailed eagles

Britain’s rare rainforests are home to wildlife from eagles to the world’s largest slugs and lichen which looks like dragon skin, say conservationists battling to save them. The Woodland Trust has unveiled a list of 11 of the ...

06 Dec 2024 at 11:55

Scotland

Beavers pave way for return of endangered water voles to Scottish rainforest

Beavers reintroduced to a Scottish rainforest in 2009 may have created the “right conditions” for another native species to flourish, according to conservationists. Water voles, once abundant in Scotland but now one of the ...

17 Jun 2024 at 10:40

World

Fears over world’s largest deforestation project in Indonesia

Indonesia plans to clear forests roughly the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive. Local communities ...

07 Apr 2025 at 10:47

Drones used to sow tree seeds in scheme to restore lost South West rainforests

Tens of thousands of native tree seeds have been sown by drone as part of efforts to triple the amount of rare rainforest in south-west England. The Woodland Trust has led the project to sow 75,000 seeds of trees native ...

14 Mar 2025 at 11:46

Veteran explorer to celebrate 89th birthday with 22-mile charity row

A veteran explorer is aiming to celebrate his 89th birthday by rowing 22 miles to help restore Britain’s temperate rainforests. Robin Hanbury-Tenison, 88, from Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, will row along the River Tamar ...

25 Apr 2025 at 11:41

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