FORESTS
Damaging droughts
Jul 30, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Drought is having a much more detrimental impact on forest recovery than previously believed, with many trees taking up to four years to return to pre-drought levels of growth
Tackling US wildfires
Jul 17, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
What can be done to control the wildfire risk in the US?
Destructive dams
Jul 01, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
They may enjoy a clean, green reputation, but the environmental impact of dams built for hydroelectric energy appears far worse than first believed
Taking root
Jun 28, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Deforested for years, the Swat district in Pakistan wants to plant one billion trees
Stop cattle laundering, save the Amazon
May 14, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A loophole in Brazil’s cattle ranch regulations threatens to undermine recent successes at curbing the beef industry’s impact on deforestation
Saviours of Sri Lanka’s mangroves
May 12, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Sri Lanka is becoming the world’s first country to protect the entirety of its mangrove forests, amid a major community development and conservation project
Tropical biodiversity being rubbed out
Apr 17, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A booming global demand for rubber is leading to mass deforestation in southeast Asia, as land is cleared for monoculture rubber plantations
Giants fall
Apr 12, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Nearly a century ago, Albert Wieslander mapped out vegetation and forest resources across California. Now a study has revealed how the state’s forests have changed for the worse since that initial survey took place
Giant redwood clones in Cornwall
Apr 08, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
One hundred saplings from one hundred of the world’s tallest trees have been planted in Cornwall as part of a climate project to add more longevity to our greenery
Keeping yew safe
Apr 05, 2015
Written by
Hazel Southam
Saplings from the yew tree claimed to have been on the site of the signing of the Magna Carta are being grown at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh in a bid to preserve the tree for thousands of years
Easter eggs, palm oil and the Congo basin
Apr 03, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
As the UK gets ready to eat millions of chocolate eggs made with palm oil, Geographical explores the global implications of our dependence on this controversial ingredient
Amazon carbon sink neutralised
Mar 24, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
The Amazon rainforest is unable to store any further carbon dioxide, as faster growing trees are dying younger
Kickstarting Greek olive groves
Feb 18, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A Kickstarter campaign aims to map Greece’s threatened olive groves
Indonesia’s fire fight
Dec 24, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
Indonesia’s Riau province faced a health crisis this year with 50,000 people laid low with respiratory illnesses due to forest fire haze, according to the country’s disaster management authorities
Tropical rainforest clearance threatens global crops
Dec 22, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
When deforestation occurs in South America, Southeast Asia and Africa, the effects on crop production will be felt in areas as far away as the US Midwest, Europe and China, according to a new study published in Nature
Ed Davey versus America
Nov 26, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
50,000 Americans have petitioned Ed Davey to end the UK’s programme for wood pellet power generation
Global trade is key driver of deforestation
Nov 18, 2014
Written by
Chris Fitch
The ever-growing international trade in beef, soy, palm oil and wood products has been found as one of the key drivers of worldwide deforestation
Peru quantifies carbon stocks
Oct 01, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
A map detailing carbon stocks across Peru has been launched after a collaboration between the Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO), the Peruvian Ministry of Environment and Wake Forest University
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