Malaysia, Indonesia, EU agree to tackle concerns over deforestation rules
August 08, 2023 | 15:53
Malaysia and Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producers, have agreed with the European Union (EU) to promote mutual understanding and tackle concerns over the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and benchmarking via an ad hoc joint task force (JTF) co-chaired by the three parties.
Deforestation past continuing to haunt erosion-hit areas
April 09, 2021 | 09:00
More work is required to deal with poor soil conditions and erosion in the central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue after an environmental scientist made a fact-finding mission last month.
Our world dancing on the precipice: a time for introspection and change
December 05, 2020 | 10:57
What began as a virus jumping species as a result of the pressure we are putting on nature through deforestation, intensive agriculture, climate change, and so on, rapidly became a human health crisis and then a global economic crisis.
Why is part of the Amazon burning?
August 25, 2019 | 09:50
The thousands of fires burning in the Amazon don't look like the major forest fires of Europe or North America - instead, they are fueled mainly by branches, vegetation and other byproducts of deforestation in cleared areas, experts say.
Tropical forest the size of England destroyed in 2018: Report
April 26, 2019 | 09:07
Last year humanity destroyed an expanse of tropical forest nearly the size of England, the third largest decline since global satellite data become available in 2001, researchers reported Thursday (Apr 25).
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