JAKARTA – Indonesia faces increased risk of forest fires in 2026, not only influenced by the predicted El Nino weather, but also with an increase in deforestation that has reached its highest level in almost 10 years, according to environmental activists in Jakarta. Auriga Nusantara, a Jakarta-based think tank focused on forestry and environmental conservation, … Read more
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, April 1 (Reuters) – After struggling for years to track and punish deforestation across the world’s largest rainforest, Brazil is recruiting new allies in the fight to protect the Amazon: bank executives. A new law that goes into effect on Wednesday requires banks to check whether applicants for rural loans have deforestation on … Read more
It is a proven fact that forests and water are closely related. For decades, integrated water tests – a scientific method of evaluating the effects of land use on the quantity or quality of water – have shown that when we lose forests, the total amount of water flowing into our rivers tends to rise. … Read more