Mongabay

Secondary roads cause more deforestation than primary roads in tropical forests

The first roads that cut through rainforests are well-known conduits for deforestation. However, new research finds that secondary roads, those that branch off the primary road, cause far more forest ...
Forbes

Data Analysis Of Hydropower Dams Shows They Are Dangerously Outdated

Hydropower dams aren’t sustainable—they destroy ecosystems, worsen climate change, and rely on rainfall patterns they help disrupt. Across the world, they’re drying up, failing to deliver clean energy ...
Mongabay

Is the delay of Europe’s deforestation regulation a cause for regret, or an opportunity? (commentary)

A European Commission project to counter deforestation and forest degradation associated with “the making available on the Union market as well as the export” of certain agricultural products was ...
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Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world—what the G20 can do about it

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million ...
The Conversation

Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world – what the G20 can do about it

CIFOR-ICRAF receives funding from more than 50 donors, so I am not going to list them all. You can consult our annual financial reports Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty ...