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Deforestation

Climate Lawfare – Civil society is ramping up litigation to stop the fossil fuel juggernaut (Part One)

South Africa, World, Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet

Climate Lawfare – Civil society is ramping up litigation to stop the fossil fuel juggernaut (Part One)

by: Don Pinnock

War on nature — Malawi’s Michiru Forest Reserve is being horrifically stripped to extinction

Africa, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News, Op-eds

War on nature — Malawi’s Michiru Forest Reserve is being horrifically stripped to extinction

by: Blessings Chingagwe

Clarion call for the Amazon – its destruction concerns us all, and we ignore it at our peril

World, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

Clarion call for the Amazon – its destruction concerns us all, and we ignore it at our peril

by: Guy Lieberman

Why a ‘fetish’ for forests might imperil conservation efforts

Africa, South Africa, Our Burning Planet

Why a ‘fetish’ for forests might imperil conservation efforts

by: Fred Kockott and Savannah Burns

Environmental health warrior Akin Abayomi and his battle to save Nigeria’s Emerald Forest

Africa, Maverick Life, Our Burning Planet

Environmental health warrior Akin Abayomi and his battle to save Nigeria’s Emerald Forest

by: Kristin Engel

The world is sinking into the sixth extinction — we can either change now or get used to it

World, Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

The world is sinking into the sixth extinction — we can either change now or get used to it

by: Don Pinnock

Balancing protection from criminal enterprise and profit to preserve carbon sink rainforest in Congo Basin

Africa, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

Balancing protection from criminal enterprise and profit to preserve carbon sink rainforest in Congo Basin

by: Oluwole Ojewale

The climate crisis will not be resolved by the capitalist class — it’s either eco-socialism or extinction

Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet

The climate crisis will not be resolved by the capitalist class — it’s either eco-socialism or extinction

by: Raees Noorbhai and Zaki Mamdoo

It’s Code Red for the survival of all wild creatures — and ultimately humanity

World, Our Burning Planet

It’s Code Red for the survival of all wild creatures — and ultimately humanity

by: Don Pinnock

How global heating will increase virus swapping between species

South Africa, World, Our Burning Planet, DM168

How global heating will increase virus swapping between species

by: Ethan van Diemen

Illicit cocoa farming at root of Côte d’Ivoire’s extensive deforestation

Africa, Our Burning Planet

Illicit cocoa farming at root of Côte d’Ivoire’s extensive deforestation

by: Allan Ngari and Deo Gumba

Deforestation in 2021 caused greenhouse gas increases equivalent to India’s annual fossil fuel emissions

South Africa, Our Burning Planet

Deforestation in 2021 caused greenhouse gas increases equivalent to India’s annual fossil fuel emissions

by: Ethan van Diemen