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Recovering forests can offset around a quarter of the emissions generated from deforestation in humid tropical regions, according to a new study.

As theories circulate that climate change could benefit some farmers, one in China’s Northwest faces harsher realities.

Indonesia’s plan to build its new capital city on an expiring logging concession in eastern Borneo has sparked concerns among environmental and human rights observers about the larger eco-social impacts to the rest of the island.

In the wake of last year’s floods, when stores of wood were lost and gas supplies damaged, people across Pakistan have turned to forests for fuel.

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Indigenous communities in Sarawak have been monitoring their forests for the past year, gathering data to counter a logging company's assumptions about the value of their traditional lands. By Fiona McAlpine

Forests cleared along Oregon’s Coast Range in the US

Permanently protecting large, mature forests is a faster and cheaper way to stabilise Earth's climate than complex carbon capture and storage schemes, and more effective than planting new trees. By Beverly Law and William Moomaw

Bamboo is a surprisingly effective carbon sink and is being promoted by the government as a uniquely Chinese solution to climate change. By Charlotte King

Octogenarians matriarchs in Long Tungan.

Communities in Sarawak are in a David and Goliath battle to safeguard some of the richest carbon and biodiversity stocks left on the planet. By Fiona McAlpine

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Logging scars landscapes, destroys habitats and is a major contributor to climate change. Here's how old Android smartphones--that might otherwise end up in a landfill-- are being used to stop illegal logging and curb climate change impacts.

The newly opened Dr Chau Chak Wing Building at the University of Technology, Sydney boasts more than 25 sustainable design features and has been awarded a 5-Star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.

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