The Planet’s trees drew particular attention on the occasion of the climate change conference held in Paris (COP21), which was aimed to reach a new binding deal against global warming. Trees, in fact, are our best allies in reducing CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. Particularly surprising news comes from a study led by Thomas Crowther at
Brazil has taken and is still taking big steps to contain illegal logging and save the Amazon, one of the Earth’s most important natural areas. Deforestation rates dropped by nearly 80% over 8 years, passing from an average of 27,000 square kilometres in 2004 to 5,000 in 2012. A significant result achieved thanks to laws
The Sumatran rhino has been declared extinct in Malaysia. There are only 100 individuals left, globally.
According to a new study, the conservation of the Brazilian Amazon reduces the incidence of some diseases.
New study underlines the advantages of large-scale deforestation in Africa to fight economic instability and climate change.
Matteo Zugnoni, uno studente italiano di design, ha presentato una bicicletta in legno completamente riciclabile e tecnicamente innovativa.
Institutions, cooperatives, and companies producing chocolate team up to achieve a unique result: organic cocoa rather than coca leaves.
New census reveals that in Bangladesh’s famed Sundarbans forest tigers are way fewer than expected.
Within Milan’s global exhibition, there’s a place exclusively dedicated to organic farming and (agricultural but even non agricultural) biodiversity. It is called Biodiversity Park and it is an area of 8,500 square metres realised by BolognaFiere to highlight the importance of biological diversity as a universal precious thing we must protect everywhere in the world, in Italy
A French court cancelled the authorisation given to a multinational company for the building of a holiday village in the heart of a forest.
