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Nalini Nadkarni, the ecologist revealing the secrets of cloud forests

28 March 2023

How a pioneering canopy researcher unlocked the mysteries of an extraordinary ecosystem and the unlikely tree-dwelling plants it depends on

Deforestation is reducing rainfall all over the tropics

1 March 2023

Satellite data shows rainfall in tropical regions across the globe has declined in deforested areas in line with what climate models have been predicting

A gold mine in Bolivar state in the south of Venezuela

Deforestation in Venezuela surges as gold miners ransack the Amazon

9 December 2022

The loss of pristine forest is estimated to be increasing by around 170 per cent annually in Venezuela - an even faster rate than Brazil - as a result of a state-sanctioned boom in gold mining

The search for Britain’s lost rainforests and the battle to save them

28 November 2022

Fragments of temperate rainforest grow in parts of England, Wales and Scotland, and with the right action we could help them thrive

Crucial Congo rainforest faces growing threats from logging and mining

15 November 2022

The area of forest felled in the Congo basin rose last year, but schemes giving power to Indigenous communities could be key to reversing the trend

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A complex network of fungi links orchids in the rainforest canopy

5 October 2022

Orchids that grow on trees in the forest canopy may access food by connecting to a network of fungal threads

Tikal National Park - part of the Maya Forest in Guatemala

Guatemala’s rainforest is expanding thanks to community efforts

26 September 2022

The forests of the Maya Biosphere Reserve are growing rather than shrinking, because of a community-led conservation programme

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The Amazon has descended into lawlessness in Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil

31 March 2022

A corruption scandal is the latest fallout from the Brazilian president's efforts to stifle institutions meant to protect the rainforest, fuelling a sharp increase in deforestation

We need to count every tree on the planet - here’s why

2 March 2022

Planting trillions of trees won’t replace the 10 million hectares of forest ecosystems lost each year, but documenting them could prevent further losses