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Paradise runs out of water 12 Apr 2012 | 12:17 am
The sweet fragrance of saffron fills the air. Nearby are snow-capped mountains, fruit orchards and splendid lakes, scenes which moved the 16th century Mughal emperor Nurrudin Muhammad Jahangir to desc...
Persuasion, prison and hard cash: how Nigeria is halting rainforest loss 11 Apr 2012 | 11:53 pm
With the feisty lyrics of American rap legend Tupac pumping out of the car stereo, 36-year-old Steve Okoikpi manoeuvres his only-slightly ageing Mercedes Benz through sharp bends on the road. The dest...
Mighty agro-lobby threatens reforestation of Amazon 3 Apr 2012 | 12:15 am
Brazil has dramatically slowed down the rate of Amazon deforestation in the past six years. But restoring the swathes of rainforest is another huge challenge – and one that is meeting powerful politic...
Reporter’s diary: forest journalists cover the globe 16 Dec 2011 | 05:28 am
For journalists from the least developed countries — like mine, Nepal — it is hard to make our own way to cover international meetings. Our media houses rarely fund such trips, especially to report o...
Postcard from Durban: Greener football and tree-preneurs 15 Dec 2011 | 03:39 am
Busisiwe Ndlela Busisiwe Ndlela was radiant when I met her yesterday. Just this month, and with money she earned selling tiny trees, she has bought a new cupboard and an electric stove and she is pro...
In Tanzania climate change, wildlife and people are tightly linked 10 Dec 2011 | 04:27 am
Climate change threatens to add to the risks faced by Tanzania threatened wild species, with knock-on effects for people whose livelihoods depend on them – from farmers to those employed in the touris...
How many delegates did your country bring to the climate conference? 10 Dec 2011 | 02:09 am
As COP17 winds into its final hours, negotiators have worked until early in the morning to forge a series of climate change agreements. The countries bring widely varying numbers of people to the tas...
Malawi and climate change: strength in numbers? 10 Dec 2011 | 01:32 am
Low-income countries like Malawi come to the UN’s annual climate change conference with plenty of moral authority but little money and negotiating muscle to make their mark on the meeting. The talks ...
Forests more profitable dead than alive 9 Dec 2011 | 09:36 pm
One of the biggest challenges of climate change is that countries are forced to redesign their economic model. They have to avoid doing business as usual while at the same time maintain, or even impro...
REDD and the man with an axe 9 Dec 2011 | 05:27 am
Imagine you are in Durban, South Africa, the serene coastal city where this year’s United Nations climate talks are taking place. There you see bleary eyed negotiators locked in a seemingly unending ...
