Plants and forests
Billed as the “Amazon COP”, the UN climate talks will see the debut of Brazil’s flagship fund to “reward” tropical countries for keeping th... Read More
The amount of forest lost around the world has reduced by millions of hectares each year in recent decades, but countries are still off track to meet... Read More
“Extreme” wildfires emitted more than 8bn tonnes of carbon dioxide during the 2024-25 “global fire season”, according to a new report. ... Read More
From canola farmers in Canada to car owners in India, biofuels have become the subject of everyday debate across the world. Liquid biofuels featur... Read More
Warming driven by deforestation caused an extra 28,000 heat-related deaths per year across Africa, South America and Asia over 2001-20, new research ... Read More
Wildfires have scorched more than 40,000 hectares of land so far this year across the UK – an area more than twice the size of the Scottish city of... Read More
Over the past decade, research has emerged suggesting that ramping up reforestation around the world could make a substantial contribution to tacklin... Read More
Even passing 1.5C of global warming temporarily would trigger a “significant” risk of Amazon forest “dieback”, says a new study. Die... Read More
Forests around the world are taking longer to recover from severe wildfires – potentially indicating forest decline, according to a new study. ... Read More
Digital sequence information, or “DSI”, refers to the genetic information derived from biodiversity. Public and private databases – headquar... Read More
There is a “mismatch” between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns. The paper, published... Read More
