Earth News

Regrowing forests may be the ‘single largest natural climate solution’

There are questions about whether planting trees is always the best option.

9 November 2020

Europe

Can Europe planting three billion trees help save the planet?

NGOs fear that tree planting often leads to "greenwashing" by corporations and governments and distracts from the real effort to stop the burning of fossil fuels.

20 October 2020

Earth News

Satellites are mapping out every tree on earth using AI technology

A neural network has been trained to identify trees based on their size and shape.

16 October 2020

Earth News

European nations ask Brazil for ‘real action’ on deforestation

A lack of environmental protections is making it difficult for Europe to source its food sustainably.

17 September 2020

Moments

Two friends cycle 2,000 km across Europe on a plant-based diet

The pair cycled through eight countries and raised over €2,000 for WWF's Amazon appeal fund.

14 September 2020

Earth News

Pink lakes to hidden bridges: The latest climate news in pictures

Euronews Living rounds up the best recent environmental photographs from across the world.

4 September 2020

Poland

Greenpeace activists climb onto roof of Poland's Environment Ministry

The NGO is demanding more action from the government to protect Poland's forests from logging schemes.

3 August 2020

World News

Record number of land and environmental activists killed in 2019

On the frontlines of the climate crisis: environmental activists across the world are literally risking their lives to save the planet

30 July 2020

Earth News

Nocturnal sloths adapt to deforestation by coming out in the day

Their home in the Atlantic forest is the most endangered rainforest in Brazil.

23 July 2020

Earth News

Research shows that eating steak in Europe comes at a high price

"The jungles of Brazil are at a breaking point," said Professor Britaldo Soares-Filho, co-author of the study.

17 July 2020

Ecotech

Is your fuel tank full of “forest-ravaging” palm oil?

It's not the usual place you might expect to find it.

3 July 2020

Brazil

Destruction of nature is 'driver of pandemics', says WWF

Destruction of nature is 'driver of pandemics', says WWF

17 June 2020

Earth News

Synthetic palm oil being brewed like beer gets Bill Gates' investment

The bio-based palm oil substitute is receiving millions of dollars from Bill Gates' investor-led fund.

26 March 2020

Romania

Brussels threatens Romania over alleged failure to protect forests

Romania has been threatened with legal action over illegal logging and allegedly not doing enough to protect some of Europe’s largest unspoilt forests.

12 February 2020

Earth News

'Dumping beef for chicken is killing the rainforest' - Greenpeace

Surging demand for poultry has lead to acres of deforestation in a bid to grow soya for animal feed.

21 January 2020

Earth News

Game of Thrones star travels to the Amazon rainforest with the UN

Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke or Nikolaj Coster-Waldau? Which Game of Thrones star is trying to save the Amazon?

20 January 2020

Earth News

Eco-friendly palm oil 'is a con', says Greenpeace

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil clapped back, saying Greenpeace had 'misunderstood' its methods.

5 November 2019

Earth News

Why I quit my job at Vogue to live in a tree for a year

I meet Alex Fisher, who lived in a tree for a year in the 1990s to stop British forests being cut down.

4 November 2019

Earth News

The group fighting deforestation by building from wood

The saying goes ‘cut your hair to make it grow’. What if the same was true of forests?

30 September 2019

Brazil

Hundreds killedin Brazil's Amazon states over land says HRW report

Conflicts over the use of land and resources in the Amazon have taken the lives of more than 300 people says new HRW report.

17 September 2019