Biodiversity
Fighting climate change with bamboo
Charlotte King Bamboo is a surprisingly effective carbon sink and is being promoted by the government as a uniquely Chinese solution to climate change […]
Tag: timber
Biodiversity
Siberian Wildfires Cover Russian Cities in Smoke
Major Eastern Russian cities are shrouded in haze as a mega fires continue to burn through Siberian Taiga forests, in what is becoming an […]
Biodiversity
Timber hunger in the American Housing Sector
Mike Roddy Americans consume 23% of the world’s wood products, with 4% of global population. This is fueled by subsidized timber, entrenched in a […]
Biodiversity
Chinese logging put Solomon Islands rainforests at risk
New evidence suggest hugely unsustainable rates of logging and high risk of illegal practices in the Solomon Islands are putting China’s trade diplomacy at […]
Sustainable Business
Environmental crime threatening peace and security: INTERPOL & UNEP
The vast majority of deforestation and illegal logging takes place in the tropical forests of the Amazon, Central Africa and Southeast Asia. The extent […]