Cameroon’s electricity sector has entered a new period of turbulence after two major power plants suspended their output from the Southern Interconnected Grid (RIS), exposing the financial vulnerabilities that continue to threaten the country’s power supply.
New research reveals that deforestation in the U.S. does not always cause planetary warming, as is commonly assumed: Instead, in some places, it actually cools the planet.
One way to cut back on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest – and help in the global fight against climate change – is to grant more of Brazil’s indigenous communities full property rights to tribal lands.
Forest loss does not always lead to a decline in biodiversity but can amplify how it changes.
A drive to plant trees and conserve areas for wildlife is triggering conflicts over land in India, with poor villagers and indigenous people most at risk of losing their homes and livelihoods, researchers warned.
Deforestation on protected indigenous lands in the Amazon was almost three times higher than the loss of trees in the region as a whole and the highest since 2008, according to a new study based on satellite imagery.
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon jumped to the highest level for the month of November since record-keeping began in 2015, according to preliminary government data published.
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to the worst level of deforestation since 2008, heaping further pressure on the environmental policy of President Jair Bolsonaro who favors developing the Amazon region economically.