Deforestation

The plans currently under consideration for saving forests might help the trees, but they could ride roughshod over indigenous communities. Here are some ways to change that

You can turn it into everything from fuel to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental impact?

Former Paraguayan government minister makes plea for West to intervene in runaway illegal logging situation displaced from Brazil

An installation featuring giant tropical tree stumps in Trafalgar square is designed to symbolise threatened rainforest trees throughout the world

Are we risking serious problems if action to tackle deforestation assumes that a tonne of tree carbon is the same as a tonne of fossil carbon?

'Chaotic' legislation in Indonesia is allowing palm oil plantation companies looking to produce biofuel to bully local people off their land

Brazil will take proposals for voluntary reductions of 38-42 per cent by 2020 to the Copenhagen climate change conference next month, chief of staff says

Armed with a spade, work gloves, wellies and waterproofs you can help the Trees for Life project to restore an old growth forest to its ancient glory

It's the best hope for creating a critical mass of support for tough action on tropical deforestation, and its website offers a wealth of information for all

Helen Caldicott outlines the most pressing issues in the world today and provides a basic framework for solutions

Recent abductions and threats against activists trying to prevent logging in South-East Asia are part of a worrying trend of violence against those exposing environmental issues

Government says funding will support pilot projects to help determine longer term support to fight deforestation

Fancy some forest carbon, guv'nor? Only one careful owner... Dan Box explains why a cautious approach to deforestation schemes would be wise

World's leading forest certification scheme is not doing enough to prevent the sourcing of unsustainable wood, say activists

The award winning environmental photographer on witnessing rainforests around the world, working for Greenpeace and why photos can help save the world

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

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

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

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).

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

Our rampant consumption of paper is leading to a meltdown of the world's forests. Mandy Haggith wants us to use less

Just as the humanitarian crisis of the Second World War gave birth to the swift implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago in 1948, we now have a planetary crisis that needs to be addressed with equal urgency. Now is the time to call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights.