deforestation

• Man and furry best friend on colourful cross-Canada trek for a good cause

  Michael is walking across Canada to tell people about deforestation in the highlands of Scotland, where he's from.

  Environment

  Sep 28
• Tree planting efforts can’t keep up with wildfire destruction, evidence shows

  Wildfire is a natural part of a forest’s lifecycle, but climate-fueled fires are so ferocious they incinerate entire stands together with seeds that start regrowth.

  Environment

  Sep 9
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• Brazil forest fire season begins with concerns of mass destruction

  The government space agency that uses satellites to monitor fires reported more area burned in the month of July than in any July since 2016.

  World

  Aug 5
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• ‘Nightmare scenario’: Amazon rainforest now releasing more CO2 than it absorbs

  For the first time, the Amazon rainforest is releasing more carbon dioxide than it can absorb due to deforestation and climate change, a new study confirmed.

  Environment

  Jul 15
• Brazil’s Amazon rainforest sees deforestation rise for 4th straight month

  Protecting the Amazon rainforest is vital to curbing climate charge due to the large amount of greenhouse gases it absorbs, scientists say.

  World

  Jul 9
• Brazil to redeploy military to Amazon in effort to curb increased deforestation

  This will mark the third time that President Jair Bolsonaro has dispatched troops to the Amazon, following two "Operation Green Brazil" deployments that ended in April.

  Environment

  Jun 29
• Île-Perrot residents want municipal government to stop clearcutting of white oak forest

  l'Île-Perrot residents and environmental organizations at Sunday's protest say there was no public consultation surrounding the project.

  Environment

  Feb 14
• Canada joins Britain, EU in plan to stem ‘catastrophic’ biodiversity loss by 2030

  With the twin crises of climate change and wildlife loss accelerating, leaders are trying to build momentum ahead of a UN meeting in China in May.

  Environment

  Sep 28, 2020
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• Brazil deploys military to protect Amazon rainforest

  The armed forces, alongside environmental officials, police and other government agencies, began with an operation in a national forest in Rondonia state, near the Bolivian border.

  World

  May 11, 2020
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• Budget airline EasyJet vows to operate net-zero carbon flights

  The company says it will offset the carbon "by investing in projects that include planting trees or protecting against deforestation.''

  Environment

  Nov 19, 2019