Deforestation, a pressing issue in Africa, is the second-largest contributor to global warming after fossil fuel emissions. AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 100 news ...

Forests are often called the lungs of our planet, absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide and playing a crucial role in regulating the climate. But what happens when mining operations carve ...

The Congo Basin forest is known as the “lungs of Africa” because of its ability ... with the forest in urgent need of protection from deforestation - do some activists say Carbon trading ...

The US president was taken on a helicopter ride above the world's largest junge to see the damage from drought and ...

The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation has been postponed and will now take effect on 30 December 2025, instead of 30 ...

With the COP29 summit now in its final days, we take a closer look at the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. A major global carbon sink that's nicknamed the lungs of the planet, the Amazon is once again ...

According to the EU Parliament, countries classified as “no risk” are defined as countries with stable or increasing forest area development. These countries would face significantly less stringent ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Scheduled for mid-June, that event aims to bring together countries from the Congo, Amazon and Borneo-Mekong tropical forest basins in an effort to combat deforestation, as called for by countries ...

Deforestation was an issue long before the ... arabic belt that stretches across the country to Senegal. This acacia forest, which produces a sap vital to the global industry, acts as a barrier ...