Tag: deforestation

Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesian authorities have seized a small section of the world's largest nickel mine for encroaching on forest ...

Wellington (AFP) - New Zealand sheep farmers are fighting to stop the loss of pasture to fast-spreading pine plantations, which ...

Sydney (AFP) - Papua New Guinea will "immediately" lift a ban on forest carbon credit schemes, the Pacific nation's climate ...

Paris (AFP) - Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on ...

Tāplejung (Nepal) (AFP) - They appear tranquil soaring above Himalayan forests, but a string of cable car projects in Nepal ...

Anajás (Brazil) (AFP) - As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, ...

Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's government on Thursday joined Asian palm oil and coffee producers in welcoming a European Union decision ...

Sao Paulo (AFP) - A report by environmental and rights NGOs Tuesday linked three major meatpacking companies to illegal deforestation ...

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Pressure mounted on the European Union on Friday to delay a ban on imports of products ...

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Brazil said Thursday it has urged the EU to suspend the implementation of a ban on ...