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The clearing of forests for growing rubber “has been substantially underestimated” in figures used to develop policy on deforestation, new research finds. The study, published in Nature, uses ...

Home to one-third of all mangroves globally, Southeast Asia has outsize potential to lock away greenhouse gases in these carbon-dense ecosystems. But deforestation for a range of commodities ...

Second, deforestation can cause the land surface to become relatively warm, triggering upward air flows and the formation of areas of low atmospheric pressure. Such ‘heat lows’ draw in ...

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of forest loss in Southeast Asia since 1993. ZSL said in its statement that the report’s findings raise concerns about the rubber industry’s commitment to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu has joined the protests against the deforestation at Kancha Gachibowli in Hyderabad, Telangana.

The report projects that by 2030 the global supply of forest biomass will triple, driven largely by European and Asian policies that classify biomass as renewable energy.