Tag: Forests
Countries, businesses and trade officials urge EU to rethink deforestation regulation
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A growing number of governments, international trade organizations and businesses are urging the European Union to reconsider a deforestation regulation...
As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles
BELLVUE, Colo. -- Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months."That's...
Autoworkers demonstrate in Brussels to protest layoff threats across the EU industrial base
BRUSSELS -- Thousands of disgruntled workers demonstrated in the Belgian capital on Monday to protest the threat of massive layoffs in a state-of-the-art...
5 people killed in a helicopter crash in the mountains northwest of Nepal's capital
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- All five people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed Wednesday in the mountains just northwest of Nepal’s...
Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon
BRASILIA, Brazil -- To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an...
Indonesia's massive metals build-out is felling the forest for batteries
LELILEF SAWAI, Indonesia -- On a steep trek up to his forest farm on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, Librek Loha let out...