This Canada’s wildfire season is record-breaking and set to continue
Canada’s wildfire season this year is impacting air quality way beyond the borders of the North American state, reaching as far as Europe.
Southern Chile has been hit by devastating wildfires
Wildfires in central and southern Chile, caused by extreme temperatures and drought, have already burned over 270,000 hectares of land.
Tree cover in Nepal has doubled since forests were entrusted to local communities
Over the last four decades, Nepal’s communities have carried out an extraordinary reforestation campaign. And the results are clearly visible.
10 of the world’s largest forests emit more CO2 than oxygen
Some of the forests in the UNESCO Heritage list are “ill”. We discussed this with Elena Osipova from the IUCN and Giorgio Vacchiano from SISEF.
“It was like we were on Mars”. Taking stock of recent wildfires across the world
From the Mediterranean to Finland, from Canada to Siberia, wildfires have wiped out thousands of hectares of land. The climate crisis also plays its part.
Despite successes in Indonesia, we can’t let our guard down in fighting deforestation
Six years ago, Indonesia was shrouded in smoke from ravaging wildfires. Today, it is cited as a successful case in the fight against deforestation. Yet the balance remains delicate.
Political short-sightedness is fuelling wildfires in the USA
Wildfires in the US have caused over 30 deaths and destroyed 2 million hectares so far. The tragedy became political when Trump visited California.
California, photos of the burning sky as wildfires keep raging
On the morning of the 9th of September the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley in California woke up to an apocalyptic scene. An orange sky, and a thick haze of smoke and ashes from the wildfires that have been destroying millions of hectares hundreds of kilometres away across the West Coast of the
Australia wildfires: the extent, severity and consequences of an environmental tragedy
The list of human and animal victims of the Australia wildfires keeps growing – one species might already have gone extinct – as the smoke even reaches South America.