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Oceans, Forests Struggle to Absorb Human Carbon Emissions

The Amazon rainforest has been ravaged by wildfires, blanketing vast regions of Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador in thick smoke.

Forest Fire: Out of control fire ravages Ecuador's forests

Bolivia declared a national emergency due to raging forest fires the country's defense ministry announced on Saturday. In a press conference, defense minister Edmundo Novillo said the national emergency would allow the country to quickly coordinate international support.

Bolivia Wildfires: Country's Defence Minister calls national emergency

In Bolivia's lowland region of Santa Cruz, farmer Mario Guasasi packed up his belongings this week, putting mattresses, food, and bed frames into a truck in a bid to escape rapidly approaching fires that are among the worst the country has seen.

Bolivia wildfires: Farmers pack up and flee as wildfires burn forest

China has massive and dense sinkholes! Here’s what’s hidden in these mysterious pits

Human activity and climate change have heavily deforested the lands surrounding Nakivale, one of the oldest refugee settlements in Africa… but a group of refugees is taking environmental matters into its own hands. Thanks to their initiative, the once-bare land and hillsides are again turning green.

Deforested lands of Nakivale, Uganda, refugee group restores barren lands

Mountain forests, habitat to 85% of the world's birds, mammals and amphibians are vanishing at an alarming rate. Shivan Chanana tells you about the reason why this phenomenon is happening.

The disappearance of mountain forests | WION Climate Tracker

As threats to the DR Congo rainforest grow, scientists battle to conserve it

How coffee is saving a unique Mozambican forest

Due to human activity last year, huge areas of tropical rainforests were burned or hacked down for cattle and crops. Researchers say climate change itself is making it harder to reverse losses.

2021: 11 million hectares tropic cover lost

Forests help planet much more than previously thought: Study

Global warming has been a big concern around the world nowadays. With time, the need to increase the green cover globally has been felt. On this International Day of Forests, let’s learn about the significance of the day.

International Day of Forests: Time to improve global green cover

Hundreds of companies promised to help save forests. Did they?

Electric fencing has been constructed around forests in Kenya in an attempt to protect wildlife from being hunted, prevent illegal logging and save water sources.

Kenya uses electric fences to protect forests from humans

According to a World Bank report, Ghana’s annual deforestation rate is around 3.51%, to help reverse the damage, a Ghana project is promoting sustainable forestry through timber, seedling and essential oil sales and educational tours.

Ghana: Youth help in bettering Ghana's ecological future

Record-breaking Arctic heat leaves Siberia 'red-faced'

Sitting on the fringe of blackened forests, an Australian town Kangaroo Valley narrowly escaped the inferno that swollen its surrounding areas early this month. But for restaurant owner, Monique Moul, surviving the deadly bushfires is the beginning of another trouble as she struggles to salvage the business.

Businesses in Australian town hopes receded bushfires will draw tourists back

In the 1980's Brazil's first indigenous Congressman, Xavante chief Juruna, went around with a recorder to tape conversations with other politicians because he said the white man's word was not to be trusted.

'Telling our truth' - Brazil's tribes stride into digital age to defend their culture, forests

Dead deer found in Thailand with 7kg of plastic in stomach

Dehradun based ICFRE set to improve status of forests through research interventions

Growing tiger numbers leads to big cats spilling out of forests in Karnataka

Haze continued to blanket Singapore for a fifth consecutive day on Wednesday (September 18) as forest fires continued to rage in neighbouring countries.

Thick haze covers Singapore as neighbours continue to burn forests

Police said more than 130 pirates operating in the forested delta region had surrendered their weapons and ammunition in exchange for cash, legal aid and mobile phones

Sundarbans, world heritage forest, declared pirate-free by Bangladesh

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