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Paradise runs out of water
1 commentThe Kashmir mountains are a beautful setting, but the impacts of climate change are beginning to be felt as the water seems to be drying up.
»Persuasion, prison and hard cash: how Nigeria is halting rainforest loss
2 commentsWith the feisty lyrics of American rap legend Tupac pumping out of the car stereo, 36-year-old Steve Okoikpi manoeuvres his only-slightly ageing Mercedes Benz through sharp bends on the road. The destination is Akasanko, a forest community of about 500 people in the outskirts of Calabar, the capital of Cross River State. Cross River lies [...]
»Mighty agro-lobby threatens reforestation of Amazon
No commentsBrazil has dramatically slowed down the rate of Amazon deforestation in the past six years. But restoring the swathes of rainforest is another huge challenge – and one that is meeting powerful political opposition.
»Reporter’s diary: forest journalists cover the globe
No commentsNepalese journalist Ramesh Bhushal reflects on what his trip to cover the UN climate change conference in Durban means for his future reporting on forests, climate and water.
»Postcard from Durban: Greener football and tree-preneurs
No commentsBusisiwe Ndlela was radiant when I met her yesterday. Just this month, and with money she earned selling tiny trees, she has bought a new cupboard and an electric stove and she is proud as can be. I met this 60-year old mother of seven on the outskirts of Durban, South Africa where she and hundreds [...]
»No place at the climate table, Nepali communities say
No commentsMembers of a federation of community forests from Nepal accused the government of Nepal of being biased towards them by refusing to accept their representative as a party delegate at UN climate talks.
»Durban city offers summit goers a chance to offset carbon
No commentsOne of the side effects of a huge climate change summit is its own carbon footprint. Durban, the host of this year’s UN climate talks in South Africa, offers attendees a way to reduce the size of it.
»Tanzania may benefit from new climate change research programme
No commentsTanzania and other East African countries might now be able to undertake extensive research on climate change beginning next year.
»Brazil gets its first ever ‘fossil’ award for new forest policy
No commentsBrazils earns its first ever “fossil award” for suggesting that a new forest law would help it reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
»Replanting Nigeria’s tropical forest
No commentsNigeria once in the heart of the tropical rainforest belt, has lost around 95 per cent of its forest cover and now imports 75 per cent of its timber. But an initiative – which calls on people living around the forest to repair the damage, is underway.
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