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A lone tree

Environment

Why are countries failing on their promise to stop deforestation?

Despite a pledge in 2014 to halve deforestation by 2020, the area of forest destroyed annually has increased by more than 40 per cent globally in the past five years

Analysis

Earth from space

Earth

Planet Earth has 9 safety limits and we’ve already exceeded 4 of them

Features

Alexander von Humboldt

People in Science

Alexander von Humboldt

Cheffois quarry

Life

Forget pristine habitats - for biodiversity save abandoned quarries

Features

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Life

Marine life is still struggling after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

News

wasps

Life

Save the planet by reimagining your back garden as an exotic jungle

Culture

Cleared forest (orange) and cattle ranches (light green) around the Juruena River in Brazil

Environment

Deforestation in Brazil has rocketed since Bolsonaro became president

News

Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Comment

Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Comment

swallowtail butterfly

Environment

Butterfly numbers fell by one-third in the US over past two decades

News

wetlands

Environment

Wetland conservation is a key part of saving Earth’s ecosystems

The importance of wetland conservation is highlighted by a new book, Wading Right In, which says that our most fertile ecosystems disappear three times faster than our forests

Culture

Technology

Claire Burke on using thermal drone tech to protect orangutans

Regulars

Life

Beavers, nature’s master engineers, may run wild in Wales again

Regulars

Environment

The average animal will be 10 per cent smaller in the next century

News

Environment

No, koalas are not 'functionally extinct', but they are in trouble

News