FORESTS
Beetlemania as invasive species spreads north
Sep 07, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
After an ‘unprecedented’ surge northwards into New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, the southern pine beetle is expected to continue expanding its range into large portions of northern US and southern Canadian forests
Price of peace: deforestation in Colombia
Aug 29, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
The historic end of civil war in Colombia has had unforeseen consequences for the country’s natural environment, particularly the Amazon rainforest
‘Dirty bank’ cleaning up its act?
Jul 20, 2017
Written by
Alice Sloman
HSBC has requested a Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil investigation into one of its own clients, Noble Plantations
Environmentalists rejoice at EU call for Polish logging ban
Jul 14, 2017
Written by
Alice Sloman
The EU has asked the European court to authorise an immediate ban on logging in one of Europe’s last primeval forests, Białowieża, in Poland
Research blog: the Tropics and El Niño part 3
Jul 13, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
Was last year’s El Niño a practice run for future climate change? In part three of a blog series for Geographical, Laura Cole shadows the University of Oxford’s Global Ecosystem Monitoring Network and its work to discover the impact of…
Seeing the wood for the trees: how many tree species are there?
Apr 05, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
The first count of global tree species reveals how many are in existence... and how many are threatened
REDD+ or dead?
Mar 21, 2017
Written by
Mark Rowe
The UN-backed REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) scheme, under which developing nations would be paid not to cut down trees, is being hailed as the saviour of the world’s forests. But is it too focused on quantity…
Research Blog: the Tropics and El Niño
Mar 14, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
Was last year’s El Niño a practice run for future climate change? In this introduction to an upcoming series of online blogs for Geographical, Laura Cole shadows the University of Oxford’s Global Ecosystem Monitoring Network and its work to discover…
Logged off: can deforestation be controlled?
Mar 09, 2017
Written by
Marco Magrini
Geographical’s regular look at the world of climate change. This month, Marco Magrini looks at deforestation
The enduring legacy of Chapman’s Baobab
Feb 23, 2017
Written by
David Clement-Davies
What was once one of Botswana’s most iconic pieces of natural scenery has fallen, but is the legend really dead? David Clement-Davies looks at the tree’s history and the landscape’s future
Mapping the world’s largest tropical peatland
Feb 20, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
The world’s largest tropical peatland carbon store has been mapped for the first time and it is 16 times bigger than expected
Plant Life: the state of the world’s plants
Sep 16, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
The world’s first comprehensive report on plant species finds over one fifth at risk of extinction
Measuring wildfires
Jul 12, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Despite popular opinion, global wildfires are becoming less, not more, frequent, albeit with some major regional exceptions
China's deceptive forest rebirth
Jun 18, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
While new research shows China’s forests are in recovery, are neighbouring countries suffering as a result?
Poland plans controversial deforestation
Jun 04, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
Government logging in Poland’s primeval Białowieża Forest draws fresh criticism from scientists
The environmental damage of the Fort McMurray fire
May 17, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
The Fort McMurray fire has released millions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere and destroyed natural habitats. Scientists fear it may have caused long-term damage to the surrounding boreal ecosystem
Pulling teeth, saving trees
May 04, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
An innovative conservation project in Borneo rewards local communities with discounted medical care in return for protecting threatened tropical forests
Protecting the corridor
Jan 02, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
National Park status has been granted to a new Peruvian national park, Sierra del Divisor, the final piece in a chain of protected Amazonian rainforest
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