Environmental campaigners in southwest Turkey are protesting in a forest against the cutting of trees to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. Clashes erupted between villagers protesting deforestation in Turkey's Mugla province and security forces last week.

Indo-French satellite TRISHNA to be launched in 2025: French Space Agency Director to WION

New research has highlighted damning figures as it revealed that an area equivalent to the size of Switzerland was cleared from Earth's rainforests in 2022. The report comes after a number of pledges globally to take definitive steps to end deforestation by 2030.

Tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost in 2022 as deforestation remains a major issue to tackle

Forests worldwide hold immense value right from acting as carbon sinks to playing a vital role in the water cycle to supporting natural biodiversity and being a source of livelihood for millions they play such vital roles in our lives yet they are under relentless assault. A new report reveals that Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands last year in 2022.

Forests being wiped out at alarming rate, says report

A Colombian military special forces official said that the rescued four children stayed alive on cassava flour in the dense Amazon jungle for 40 days after their plane crashed.

Children rescued in Amazon after 40 days survived on cassava flour, roots

Brazilian activists are flipping out. A recent move by the Brazilian Congress outraged tons of activists in the country. Brazilian congress moved to dilute the powers of the environment & Indigenous peoples ministries. The legislation slashes the authority of the Ministries of Indigenous Peoples (MPI) & the Environment (MMA). Campaigners called the move, a crippling blow to efforts to protect Indigenous communities & the Amazon

Why is Brazil Congress diluting powers of environment & Indigenous Ministries?

The Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered the capture, radio-collaring, and translocation of Arikomban, a rogue wild elephant wreaking havoc in the Chinnakanal and Shanthanpara regions of Idukki district.

India: Court orders capture, radio-collaring, translocation of rogue elephant Arikomban

Thousands of hectares of state forest appear to have been earmarked for logging illegally. Law enforcement struggles to Police lumberjacks. Watch further to know more.

WON Climate Tracker: Illegal Lumberjacks threaten Australian forests

A wildfire caused by high temperatures and dry and hot winds in central Chile's Nuble region has affected over 741 hectares, authorities reported. Watch further to know more.

WION Climate Tracker: Massive wildfire engulfs Chile's farmlands

France: Wildfire has already ravaged around 1800 hectares of forest land since Monday, forcing the evacuation of residents amid record high temperatures with the mercury levels rising over 39 degrees Celsius in some parts.

France battles blaze in the southwest, about 1800 hectares of forest ravaged

Wildfires require firefighters to make quick decisions. Often in difficult conditions like high winds and lightning. Other challenges include a century of reflexive wildfire suppression and overgrown forests. They have to make decisions like: What time of day is best to battle flames?

Dousing wildfires: How firefighting works

Social media and news websites are abuzz with the Aarey forest, again. The last time, the forest was in news, it was 2019 when the then Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray had relocated the proposed Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro Line 3 depot in the area to Kanjurmarg, east of Aarey, a day after assuming power.

Save Aarey Protests: Yes, Mumbai needs trees but it needs a Metro too

Over 630 hectares of forest ravaged as France battles massive blaze in the north. Nearly 700 firefighters, 12 planes and 12 choppers have been deployed to douse the fire.

WION Climate Tracker: France battles blaze in North Grad, several areas put on read alert

Shows a 290-million-year-old fossil forest that was found in the state of Parana, southern Brazil, by an investigating team. It is a collection of 164 'lycophytes' (without fruits, flowers, or seeds) of an extinct species, the preservation of whose upright orientation over time is rare.

Discovery of a 290-year-old 'rare' forest with extinct variety of trees, found in Brazil

In Pics: 290-million-year-old ‘rare’ forest unearthed in Brazil

In China, scientists have discovered a whole forest within a 630-foot-deep huge sinkhole. The sinkhole is home to a variety of ancient trees and plants, including some that have never been discovered before.

Watch | Enormous sinkhole with ancient forest inside discovered in China

A new giant sinkhole has been found in China, said media reports. What makes this 630-feet-deep (192 meters) sinkhole special is that there is a forest at its end, reported Xinhua news agency, citing a team of Chinese scientists.

Believe it or not: 630-feet-deep sinkhole with forest at its end discovered in China, says report

A forest fire that is said to have started on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday is causing severe damage in the region near Tamil Nadu's popular hill station Kodaikanal.

India: Forest fire near Tamil Nadu's Kodaikanal causes massive damage, controlling efforts underway

Environmentalists in Kenya are racing against time as powerful developers eye chunks of the green belt. Activists are defending one of the last green spaces in the capital city of Nairobi.

United Nations condemns Kenya's proposal to weaken forest protection

Since the Junta takeover in Myanmar, several pro-democracy protestors have been killed. Civilians in deep forest areas are now learning how to fire weapons and fight in a makeshift camp.

Myanmar: Young civilians prepare to fight military in a makeshift camp in deep forest

Activists in Mexico express rage over the Maya train project that will through a forest. People in Mexico stand divided over the issue.

Activists protest against 'Ecocide'

A peace deal in Colombia has left the Amazon forest facing the impact. The Amazon was one of the strongholds of the rebels but as they retreated it ended up becoming a hub of illicit activities.

Peace pact in Colombia has boded ill for Amazon forest

At the Glasgow summit, the Nepal PM announced that the country would increase the forest cover to 45% of its year by 2030, what does this new target mean for the Himalayan country?

Nepal pledges 45% forestry by 2030

Facebook has said that it will begin clamping down on the illegal sale of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest on its site. The new measures will only apply to conservation areas and not to publicly owned forest land.

Facebook makes an attempt to stop the illegal sale of Amazon rainforest

Chilean authorities have declared a red alert in the Tiltil commune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region and evacuated residents due to a forest fire that started on Wednesday.

Forest fires destroy at least 12 homes and 100 hectares in Chile

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