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Timber From Illegal Logging in Brazilian Amazon Discovered in U.S. and European Markets: Report

Timber From Illegal Logging in Brazilian Amazon Discovered in U.S. and European Markets: Report

A new investigative report, Tricks, Traders and Trees, by international NGO the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals widespread illegal logging, corruption and fraud in the Brazilian Amazon. The investigation traced illegal timber that had originated from five logging sites in Pará state to the United States and European Union, despite laws that prohibit the importing […]

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    New Images Show Largest Uncontacted Indigenous Tribe on Earth Dangerously Close to Loggers in Peruvian Amazon

    New Images Show Largest Uncontacted Indigenous Tribe on Earth Dangerously Close to Loggers in Peruvian Amazon

    The Mashco Piro are an uncontacted Indigenous Tribe who live in the Peruvian Amazon. They have been sighted emerging from the rainforest more often recently as they try to avoid the increasing presence of loggers, according to FENAMAD, a local Indigenous rights group. Incredible new images released on Tuesday show dozens of Mashco Piro people […]

    Rainforest Seedlings Grow Better in Natural Forests Than Restored Ones, Even After 30 Years, Study Finds

    Rainforest Seedlings Grow Better in Natural Forests Than Restored Ones, Even After 30 Years, Study Finds

    According to a new study, the survival rate of rainforest seedlings is higher in natural forests than those that have been logged — even three decades following tree restoration projects. An international team of researchers led by the United Kingdom’s University of Exeter tracked more than 5,000 seedlings in the Danum Valley Conservation Area and […]

    Biden Administration Moves to Protect Old Growth Forests From Logging

    Biden Administration Moves to Protect Old Growth Forests From Logging

    The Biden administration has announced a proposal to conserve and restore old-growth trees in United States national forests. If adopted, the proposal would expand logging restrictions as part of an executive order issued on Earth Day 2022 to safeguard national forests. The protections would be a natural remedy for tackling the effects of climate change, […]

    Western Gray Squirrel Listed as Endangered in Washington State

    Western Gray Squirrel Listed as Endangered in Washington State

    The Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) has been listed as a threatened species in the state of Washington since 1993. Now, the state has decided to list the species, sometimes known as the silver gray squirrel, as endangered. Following a periodic status review meeting on Nov. 17, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) […]

    Mountain-Dwelling Species Losing Habitats Rapidly, Study Finds

    Mountain-Dwelling Species Losing Habitats Rapidly, Study Finds

    Mountain forests are important habitats for many species, but a new study has found that habitat loss in these areas has been rapidly accelerating since 2000. In that time, more than 78.1 million hectares (approximately 193 million acres) of mountain forests have been lost, equaling an area greater than the size of Texas. A team […]

    Latest Trump Rollback Allows Increased Logging in National Forests

    Latest Trump Rollback Allows Increased Logging in National Forests

    The Trump administration has finalized yet another environmental rollback that would allow more logging in national forests without environmental review. The new rule, finalized Wednesday, would allow the U.S. Forest Service to log or manage 2,800 acres of national forest in the Western U.S. without first conducting an environmental review, The Washington Post explained. However, […]

    Trump to Remove Protections for Tongass National Forest, the ‘Lungs of North America’

    Trump to Remove Protections for Tongass National Forest, the ‘Lungs of North America’

    The Trump administration formalized its intention to open up Alaska’s pristine Tongass National Forest, an intact temperate rainforest, to logging and development, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) first announced its intention to lift the forest’s Roadless Rule last month, but it had to wait 30 days before entering […]