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Forests

Trees are all around the world - they provide shelter, food and wood. Forests also play a crucial role in absorbing carbon dioxide and thus regulating the global climate.

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Reports & Analysis

Waterfall at tropical Rainforest of Ranomafana National Parks in Madagascar

Dramatic forest loss due to farming, climate change: report

Dramatic forest loss due to farming, climate change: report

Every day the planet loses more and more trees to deforestation. But why are forests so important for us anyway?
Nature and EnvironmentApril 4, 2024
A man operates a drone in a forest

Drones employed to help with reforestation efforts

Drones employed to help with reforestation efforts

A Berlin startup is using drone technology to replenish tree populations from above.
InnovationMarch 28, 202404:23 min
Close up of a tree in the Western Congo Basin tropical rainforest

Congo Basin: Africa's largest forest under threat

Congo Basin: Africa's largest forest under threat

Over a quarter of forests in the dense Central African rainforest are at risk of vanishing by 2050.
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 21, 202401:32 min
A close-up of a sportive lemur in a tree

Biodiversity: Can extinctions be stopped?

Biodiversity: Can extinctions be stopped?

Humans actions are pushing countless plant and animal species to the verge of extinction. Can this be reversed?
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 5, 2024
Smoke rises from the forest ground in Canada's Northwest Territories

What are zombie fires and how dangerous are they?

What are zombie fires and how dangerous are they?

In Canada, the fire department also fights wildfires in winter, many of which are so-called zombie fires.
ClimateFebruary 29, 2024
Videostill | Tomorrow Today / Projekt Zukunft | Klimawandel hörbar

The sound of the ground - forests and climate change

The sound of the ground - forests and climate change

Global warming remains an abstract idea for many. A research team is working to make climate change in forests audible.
ScienceFebruary 27, 202407:08 min
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In the spotlight

Two people wearing yellow hardhats stand next to CO2 storage tanks

What is carbon capture and storage?

Rising carbon dioxide heats up the Earth. Storing it could help cool things down, but costs loom large.
Nature and EnvironmentFebruary 6, 2024
A group of women carrying a few belongings on their backs make their way through the Mau Forest Complex.

Are carbon credits behind the eviction of indigenous people?

The Kenyan government says indigenous people in the Mau Forest need to leave to protect the environment.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 15, 202303:28 min
Smokes reach to residential area as wildfire breaks out near Kayadere village in Canakkale, Turkiye

How raging wildfires could break the global carbon budget

Record wildfire carbon emissions are making global forests a source, not a store, of the planet-heating greenhouse gas.
ClimateAugust 30, 2023
A patch of trees amid the buildings of Pakistan's Karachi

Urban forest combats Karachi's extreme heat

Ever since a 2015 heat wave killed hundreds in Karachi, one man has sought to minimize the impact of extreme weather.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 31, 202302:33 min
Logs and wood pellets piled up

EU weighs up future of wood-burning as renewable energy

As the EU races to end fossil fuel reliance, lawmakers are weighing up the future of wood-burning as renewable energy
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 24, 2023
Scene from Antigone in the Amazon, four people stand among trees and shrubs

Ancient Greek play echoes fight to protect Amazon

Activist Kay Sara portrays Antigone in Milo Rau's modern-day tragedy about the Indigenous people's fight for survival.
CultureJanuary 27, 2023