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Pan-Borneo highway construction

A planned Pan-Borneo highway threatens ancient, pristine wilderness

Environment

The rainforests on the island of Borneo are gems of biodiversity, with thousands of species of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth. Soon, approximately 1,243 miles of pavement will connect the remote regions of three nations that make up the island: Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.

Rainforest biotic pump

Rainforests are ‘worth more alive than dead,’ according to science — and economics

Environment
Borneo rainforest

In Borneo, healthy people equals healthy forests

Health & Medicine
Red and orange blazing fires in Amazon forest

Amazon fires push the forest closer to a dangerous tipping point

Environment
Bioacoustics device

Listening to forests could aid conservation efforts around the world

Environment
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A muddy river runs through a green landscape. On one side are trees and a dense forest; the other is bare.

Brazil’s new president targets Amazon rainforest, Indigenous peoples

Environment

On his first day in office, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gave the Ministry of Agriculture provisional power over territories belonging to Indigenous peoples and the descendants of runaway slaves — much of which is located in the Amazon rainforest.

The 25 youth plaintiffs represent 17 cities in Colombia, including four within the Amazon rainforest.

Colombian high court grants personhood to Amazon rainforest in case against country’s government

It has a proper name. Now, the Amazon rainforest has been granted personhood in Colombia in a court ruling that also orders government officials to reduce deforestation in the Amazon region.

Uganda deforestation

Can we pay people to save the rainforests?

Environment

Instead of trying to ban people in developing nations from clearing trees on their land, maybe a better option is to pay them to leave the trees standing.

Author Germaine Greer's latest book chronicles her efforts to reclaim part of Australia's ancient rainforest.

Feminist icon Germaine Greer is getting down in the dirt for a new challenge

Environment

Writer and journalist Germaine Greer is an icon of the feminist movement. More than 40 years on from her famous book, “The Female Eunuch,” Greer has taken up a new challenge: restoring a patch of ancient rainforest in her native Australia.

Author Germaine Greer's latest book chronicles her efforts to reclaim part of Australia's ancient rainforest.

Feminist icon Germaine Greer is getting down in the dirt for a new challenge

Environment

Writer and journalist Germaine Greer is an icon of the feminist movement. More than 40 years on from her famous book, “The Female Eunuch,” Greer has taken up a new challenge: restoring a patch of ancient rainforest in her native Australia.

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