An Indonesian soldier gives a thumbs up as he crosses a rice field on a combine harvester in remote Papua, where a government ...

By Carolyn Cowan Intensifying heat waves, extreme floods and forest fires have devastated parts of Southeast Asia in recent ...

And if current deforestation rates continue, these critical habitats could disappear from the planet completely within the next hundred years. Campaigns that educate people about the destruction ...

leading to significant deforestation. To cope with the rather harsh winters, the people of Chitral rely very heavily on firewood, with each household consuming an average of 10 maunds of firewood ...

According to municipal by-laws, individuals must obtain written permission from the Lekwa Local Municipality before pruning or removing trees in public areas.

And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting ... rainforest is to avoid the tipping point, Indigenous people will have been a determinant factor,” Miller said.

Indonesia’s efforts to ensure its commodity exports are free of deforestation are ramping up as the European Union ...