Climate Cranks Up Extinction Threat to Borneo Mammals

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Feb 3, 2015 Endangered species in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots face even greater peril as climate change adds to loss of habitat caused by deforestation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gold Rush Leaves Tropical Forests Poorer Than Ever

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jan 20, 2015 New research shows that parts of South America’s most biologically valuable tropical forests are being damaged by a resurgent gold mining industry. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tropical Forests May Be Giving Climate Extra Help

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jan 4, 2015 New research indicates that the role of the world’s tropical forests in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere may have been underestimated. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Loss of Rainforests Is Double Whammy Threat to Climate

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Dec 20, 2014 New research spells out the devastating impacts that complete destruction of tropical forests would have on global temperatures, weather patterns and agriculture. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Disaster Looms If Loss of Amazon Rainforest Continues

By Jan Rocha, Climate News Network Dec 12, 2014 A Brazilian climate expert proposes a five-point “battle plan” in a war against the deforestation of the Amazon that is having increasingly dire impacts on the regional and global climate. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Tribal Lands Are Vital for Amazon Forest Carbon Sink

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Dec 6, 2014 As land rights of indigenous peoples are increasingly being violated, new research shows that destruction of the Amazon rainforest is a major threat not only to cultural identity but also to the global climate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Slayings Turn Spotlight on Peru’s Forest Policies

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Nov 21, 2014 The killing of tribal leaders trying to defend their Amazon rainforest lands from illegal logging has put Peru’s president under pressure ahead of next month’s U.N. climate conference. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Amazon Deforestation Reaching New Heights — and the Future May Be Worse

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Oct 22, 2014 Over the past two months, the Brazilian Amazon has registered a sharp spike in deforestation.Over the past two months, the Brazilian Amazon has registered a sharp spike in deforestation . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Climate Helps to Halve World Wildlife in 40 Years

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Oct 3, 2014 Climate change is identified by conservation campaigners as increasingly implicated in the plight of many wild species, which they say have fallen by more than half since 1970. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Drought Bites as Amazon’s ‘Flying Rivers’ Dry Up

By Jan Rocha, Climate News Network Sep 14, 2014 Scientists in Brazil believe the loss of billions of liters of water released as vapor clouds by Amazon rainforest trees is the result of continuing deforestation and climate change -- leading to devastating drought. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Illegal Deforestation Is Growing Problem for Climate

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Sep 13, 2014 Foreign demand for agricultural products worth an estimated $61 billion annually is driving up the devastating rate at which tropical forests are being cleared illegally -- and pushing up carbon emissions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pakistan Ill-Prepared for Climate Crises

By Saleem Shaikh, Climate News Network Aug 1, 2014 Evidence that shifting weather patterns are adding to flooding and drought emergencies in Pakistan has not stirred the government into preparing for disaster management, climate seminar delegates say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )