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Festival Atsá en la TI Poyanawa. Foto: Alessandra Melo.

Indigenous Land in the Brazilian Amazon is a brake on deforestation and may start generating carbon credits

A study shows that the Indigenous Poyanawa people are good stewards of their land - and can benefit from its carbon credits.

 
Empty space left in the Peruvian rainforest after the logging of Brazil nut trees. Marco Simola, CIFOR

The Amazon rainforest is nearing its tipping point – but what does that mean?

The Amazon is the world’s largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest – but deforestation could push it past a climate tipping point by 2040.

 
Looking up into the Peruvian Amazon. Anna & Michal, Flickr

U.N. science panel releases initial findings of upcoming overview of the Amazon

An international panel of 200 scientists has called for a halt to Amazon deforestation, warning that the rainforest stands on the brink of a tipping point.

 
Fire caused by deforestation in the Amazon in Roraima State, Brazil. John Maier, Jr., Still Pictures

Amazon fires 2021: moderate risk forecasted, but fuel enough for one of Earth’s ‘biggest bonfires’

What scientists predict for the world's largest rainforest's burns this year

 
Lago Agrio, Nueva Loja, Ecuador

Fast facts: the Amazon biome

The Amazon biome is home to up to 30% of the world’s known species. Here’s all you need to know about the world’s most diverse ecosystem.

 
Cattle ranching is a major cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Jaime Dantas, Unsplash

Amazonian deforestation could cost Brazilian agribusiness hundreds of billions by 2050

New study links tree loss to rainfall patterns, and potentially damaging effects on the soy and cattle agribusiness sector.

 

How to approach the great mission of forest landscape restoration – with evidence

A decade since the Bonn Challenge began, forest landscape restoration scientist Manuel Guariguata shares advice for the UN Decade ahead.

 
An 18th century gold coin, now held by the Banco Central do Brasil, from the Portuguese-led gold rush in the Amazon. Nationale Bank van Belgie

Talking about a revolution: What ‘clean’ gold mining would mean for the Amazon

Renewal of the gold mining industry hinges on regulation, Indigenous rights and due diligence in order to protect the Amazon and its people.

 

Drought in Madagascar: how can communities adapt to climate change?

A Q&A with natural resources management specialist Patrick Ranjatson about the drought in southern Madagascar

 
Resin from damar (Shorea Javanica) trees provides livelihoods in Lampung, Indonesia. Ulet Ifansasti, CIFOR

Best of Landscape News 2020: Forests and Restoration

Our selection of this year's best forests and restoration stories

 
Red panda

Before the giant panda, there was the red panda

Red panda numbers have dropped by half since 1998 – and thanks to human encroachment, the elusive species is at risk of going extinct entirely.

 
A forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where management plans have grown to now cover 20 million hectares of forests, despite the increasingly rate of forest area loss in Africa. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

4.06 billion remaining hectares, and other new numbers on forests… But what do they mean?

Putting the U.N.'s new Global Forest Resources Asssessment 2020, which breaks down the latest data on forest area, into context.

 

How did deforestation lead to the rise of COVID-19?

In conversation with Robert Nasi of CIFOR and Annika Terrana of WWF about the connections between deforestation and COVID-19.

 
A taco of plant-based meat. Courtesy of Impossible Foods

Best of Landscape News 2019: Food

From developments in plant-based meat technology to Indigenous recipes, here's our 10-item menu of the best stories on sustainable food.

 

Best of Landscape News 2019: Restoration

From the adoption of a new U.N. Decade to efforts happening in local communities around the globe, here's our pick of 2019's top stories on restoration.

 

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