Win-Win Way to Aid Food Security and Climate

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jul 24, 2014 Scientists in the U.S. believe they have identified a way to feed billions more people, while reducing the strains and stresses on the environment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Do Israeli Assaults on Palestinians Differ From the Way Gentiles Once Attacked Jews in Europe?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2014 Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy argues that recent events have shown that the Jewish state has pity for only the Jews; scientists have found a possible explanation for conservative outrage over women having sex lives; meanwhile, an Ebola outbreak spread in large part due to deforestation. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Old Phones Offer Lifeline to Africa’s Forests

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jul 4, 2014 Recycled smartphones are being used in a high-tech approach to combating the illegal logging and poaching that are devastating trees and wildlife in endangered forests. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rain Forest Tribes Seek World Cup Spotlight

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Jun 17, 2014 Leaders of indigenous tribes in the Amazon rain forest seek to use the global spotlight on the soccer World Cup in Brazil to publicize the plea for recognition of their lands and an end to dam building and deforestation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Brazil’s Winning Lead on Carbon Cuts

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jun 14, 2014 Winning the soccer World Cup may be Brazil's current target, but new research indicates that it is also a world champion of CO2 emissions cuts by drastically reducing the amount of rain forest being felled. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Brazil Beef Tax Could Spare Forests

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 11, 2014 Scientists have come up with a prescription of taxes and incentives to address the Amazon rainforest’s health problems and cut greenhouse gases by encouraging Brazil's cattle farmers to make more efficient use of pasture land. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Forest Peoples Urge Land Rights Action

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Feb 24, 2014 People who dwell in forests and campaigners who support them say the world's governments need to act to make a reality of their right to land instead of simply talking about it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Amazon Forest Loss Threatens Five Countries

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Dec 29, 2013 The environmental damage being caused by deforestation in the Amazon is a threat to much of the South American continent, two campaign groups say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Amazon Deforestation Rises, Reversing Trend

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 16, 2013 After years of decline, the rate of deforestation of the Amazon increased 28 percent between August 2012 and July of this year, Brazilian officials said. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amazon ‘May Lose 65% of Land Biomass by 2060′

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network May 10, 2013 Making more land in the Amazon available for farming and ranching means felling more trees to make space, and that risks less production, because of deforestation’s effect on the climate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Alters Global Vegetation

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Apr 18, 2013 Changes in the world's vegetation over the last 30 years -- including the destruction of rain forests -- have been caused more by climate change than direct human activity, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Too Many Christmas Trees

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Dec 24, 2012 Dig deeper