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Carbon & Climate
How can we prevent wildfire disasters?
Deadly wildfires on Maui island come weeks after fires linked to climate change caused devastation in Canada and Greece. Can anything be done to stop them?
Food & Agriculture
Indonesia's peatlands are more fire-prone than official figures claim as dry season looms: study
As a dry season exacerbated by El Niño approaches, a new study warns that large expanses of Indonesia's climate-critical peatlands may not be sufficiently restored after the fires of 2015, despite government claims.
Carbon & Climate
As El Niño fuels fire risk, Southeast Asia braces for haze crisis
Climate-heating El Niño weather pattern is expected to increase threat of forest fires in Indonesia and air pollution in SE Asia.
Policy & Finance
How China protects its ‘unofficial’ wetlands
Damage done to a wetland in the name of “environmental restoration” raises questions about how China’s lesser-known wetlands are protected.
Carbon & Climate
Explainer: Why deforestation has hit a historic low in Indonesia
#peatlands Opinion
Policy & Finance
How victims can pay polluters for a win-win result
With smoke haze posing a significant pollution problem for Southeast Asia, a victim-pays approach could result in cleaner air for all.
The Nobel Committee's decision to award the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was instrumental in elevating that issue to the top of the global policy agenda. Now, the same should be done to recognise the organisation that has done the most work on the crisis of biodiversity loss.
Carbon & Climate
Mongabay founder Rhett A. Butler: 11 things to watch in 2021
2020 was a rough year for tropical rainforest conservation efforts. So what’s in store for 2021? Mongabay Founder Rhett A. Butler reviews 11 key things to watch in the world of rainforests in 2021.
Food & Agriculture
Why palm oil firms will fail to meet their social and environmental pledges in 2020
Although 2020 will not mark the end of deforestation for palm oil, not all hope is lost. Most supply chain actors are undertaking genuine efforts, but until those bear fruit, green groups need to maintain their watchdog function.
Policy & Finance
Banks responsible for continuing deforestation in Southeast Asia
#peatlands Research
