Deforestation

Jane Goodall Warns Humanity Will Be 'Finished' After Covid-19 Without Ending 'Absolute Disrespect' for Nature

<p>Primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall particpated in a Tuesday webinar about pandemics, wildlife, and intensive animal farming.

'Extinction Is a Political Choice,' Scientist Says After Study Warns of Threat to Civilization From Humans Destroying Wildlife

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"This new study shows yet again that the very survival of humanity is at stake if we don't end the heartbreaking wildlife extinction crisis."

Climate Protesters Call Out 'Hot Air' of Financial Giant During BlackRock Annual Meeting

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Activists gathered in San Francisco Thursday for a socially distanced protest targeting asset manager BlackRock.

"The time for rhetoric and baby steps is long gone. BlackRock has to make...

Fears of Bolsonaro's Threat to the Amazon Realized as New Data Shows Rainforest Destruction Up 55%

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Bolsonaro is not only turning a blind eye as land grabbers, illegal loggers,...

Without 'Transformative Change' to Global Economic Systems, Humans Risk Causing More Deadly Pandemics

Coronavirus Crisis, Says Coalition, Must Force Wall Street to Finally Recognize Perils of Climate Shocks 'Barreling Towards Us'

'Alarming': Tropical Forests in Shift From Carbon Sponge to Carbon Source

'The Saddest Thing Is That This Won't Be Breaking News': Concentration of CO2 Hits Record High of 416 ppm

Climate Movement Takes Aim at Wall Street, Because 'Money Is Only Language Fossil Fuel Industry Speaks'

Denouncing Corporate Climate Profiteers, Comedy Icon Lily Tomlin Arrested at #FireDrillFriday Protest in DC

Bolsonaro, Facing Blame for Surge in Amazon Deforestation, Says Destruction Won't End Because "It's Cultural"

Fueling Concerns of Approaching Catastrophic 'Tipping Point,' Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon Hit Highest Level in Decade

As Fires Rage in World's Largest Rainforest, NASA Warns 'Human Activities Are Drying Out the Amazon'

Brazilians Blast Bolsonaro's UN Speech Denying Amazon Devastation as a Total 'Scam'

New Report Details 10 'Critical Transitions' to Tackle the Climate Crisis and Feed the World

As New Fires Rage in Amazon, Global Calls for Urgent Action to Avert 'Astronomical' Impacts to 'Life on Earth'

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When A Tree Falls in the Forest, Tracking the Where and Why Of It

Google, the World Resources Institute and 40 other organizations have launched Global Forest Watch, a website that tracks global deforestation in near-real-time. While the site's creators hope to improve forest management, the new ability to "peer into forests" also reveals telling, but mostly discouraging stories: The world has lost over 500 million acres of forest over the last decade, akin to 50 soccer fields every minute of every day, with only a tiny fraction regrown or replanted.