by Peter Klepeis Most news coverage of forests tends to focus on deforestation. And for good reason. The Food and … More
Tag: deforestation
Can’t See the Forest for the Trees: Deforestation and the Challenges Facing Conservationists
Jen Dickie At the end of November, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a British NGO, published a damning report on … More
The Geographical Journal Content Alert: New Articles
These Early View articles are now available on Wiley Online Library Original Articles Challenging the linear forestation narrative in the Neo-tropic: … More
Squeezing the rainforest
I-Hsien Porter The Guardian recently reported that the Brazilian authorities have begun a ‘crackdown’ on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. … More
Illegal Logging Threatens Isolated Tribe, Wildlife, the Amazon and the Globe?
by Caitlin Douglas The plight of the Amazon is not a new story and although it may no longer be … More
Recent Catastrophic Flooding
By Andy Hacket Pain This morning I typed “flooding” into Google News and, limiting the results to the last week, … More
Economic growth is no cure for environmental degradation
I-Hsien Porter Contrary to the perception of economic activities as polluting and environmentally degrading, Forest Transition Theory (Mansfield et al. … More
Deforestation: towards a more sustainable future?
By Clare Boston Energy and Climate Minister Ed Miliband is set to play a key role in reaching an agreement … More
