Deforestation

As economists and policymakers scramble to put a price on the stored carbon of rainforests, they could be missing the bigger (wetter) picture...

Small-scale biofuels would reduce carbon emissions and help avert poverty in poorer countries, says Christian Aid report

Government-owned Royal Mint admits it has no ethical sourcing policy

A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year

Despite the lack of traceability in the supply chain, the assurances of cattle producers that they are not involved in the illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is apparently enough for Tesco, a letter to the Guardian reveals

Amazon indians have called for an insurrection against the Peruvian government, whose authority they say they no longer recognise.

Cattle ranchers bigger culprits in Amazon deforestation than soy farmers, new NGO study shows

How much rainforest does it take for one celebrity to snort another one under the table? Nick Kettles investigates the devastating environmental impact of cocaine use.

So what connects Prince Charles and a large green frog? This modern spin on the fable of the frog and the Prince relates to the launch on 5th May of an online video and social networking campaign in support of the Prince’s Rainforest Project (PRP).

Reporting from the front-line of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at those combating illegal logging

A pioneering ethical fashion company is helping maintain traditional livelihoods and prevent deforestation in the Amazon, writes Matilda Lee

Forget CO2, say NASA scientists – by tackling soot emissions we could really dent global warming

We can all agree on what the problem is, it’s settling on a solution that’s the difficult part. Mark Anslow explores the complicated world of deforestation

Forest carbon finance, through avoided deforestation, is at best a sticking plaster solution that fails to get to the roots of the problem, argues Harriet Williams

Agricultural expansion on a massive scale in Latin America has directly paralelled the West’s greed for meat. A new report follows the food chain and assesses the damage.