forests Archives

Conflict between humans and wild elephants has grown -- 629 people were killed by elephants across India in 2023-2024, according to parliamentary figures

Tech & Science

India’s elephant warning system tackles deadly conflict

There are fewer than 50,000 Asian elephants in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

AFPApril 18, 2025

In Thailand's Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, scientists confront the toll that human activity and climate change are having on forests that are supposed to be protected

World

‘It’s gone’: conservation science in Thailand’s burning forest

Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smouldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting samples from local trees shrouded...

AFPApril 3, 2025

Fungi are the lifeblood of most plants and underpin ecological diversity on Earth

World

Hundreds of fungi species threatened with extinction: IUCN

Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on Earth, the International Union for Conservation of...

AFPMarch 27, 2025

Archaeologist Francois Guede Yiode keeps the prehistoric stones in his home

World

Ivory Coast’s epochal prehistoric finds pass unseen

In the streets of Anyama, children play and braziers smoke on corners. There is little to show that the ground of this everyday Ivory...

AFPMarch 18, 2025

World

Indonesia deforestation rose again in 2024: NGO

Deforestation in Indonesia rose again last year, a local environmental NGO said Friday based on satellite image analysis and fieldwork. Indonesia has one of...

AFPJanuary 31, 2025

A conservationist inspects a sapling planted at Chile's largest botanical gardens following a devastating fire

World

Disaster-hit Chilean park sows seeds of fire resistance

After a wildfire that devastated Chile’s largest botanical garden, the century-old park has planted thousands of native trees that it hopes are less likely...

AFPJanuary 2, 2025

Palm oil production has long been a driver of deforestation

Business

‘Welcome relief’: Asia producers hail EU deforestation law delay

Producers from Malaysia’s palm oil industry to Vietnam’s coffee sector on Thursday welcomed a European Union decision to delay implementation of its anti-deforestation rules....

AFPOctober 3, 2024

Environmental groups say Malaysia's Sarawak region should be labelled as "high risk" by the European Union because of the risk of deforestation

World

Environmental groups urge EU ‘high risk’ label for Sarawak

Environmental and rights groups urged the European Union Tuesday to label Malaysia’s Sarawak region “high risk” under controversial new anti-deforestation rules to be implemented...

AFPSeptember 23, 2024