Machetes in hand, women join forces to fight logging in Solomon Islands →
Women in the Solomon Islands are raising awareness of deforestation and standing up to loggers. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreAmazon rainforest: The 90-year-old trying to stop destruction →
Newsnight was given rare access to a once-in-a-generation meeting of indigenous groups trying to save the Amazon. Environmental campaigners and indigenous groups say the policies of Brazil's populist leader Jair Bolsonaro have heavily contributed to the destruction of the rainforest. Now, Chief Raoni Metuktire is visiting the UK to try and raise international support for their plan. BBC NEWS
Read MoreCan global corporations meet 2020 no-deforestation pledge? →
The Thomson Reuters Foundation asked international companies that make consumer goods for an update on their progress. PLACE
Read MoreMoney and maps: is this how to save the Amazon's 400bn trees? →
Peru’s primary forest, where you find the lofty hardwoods so prized by commercial timber traders, is shrinking at an alarming rate: Global Forest Watch reported that Peru lost 140,185 hectares (346,405 acres) of primary forest in 2018. Alarmed by the impact of logging, indigenous Peruvians are using satellite mapping to manage their land. THE GUARDIAN
Read MorePalm oil giants double down on deforestation with new radar system →
The high-tech monitoring project should enable big businesses to act faster to stop forest loss linked to palm oil, and make it easier for green groups to hold them to account. PLACE
Read MoreClimate activists urge corporations To 'give a s**t' about amazon deforestation →
Protests are targeting companies that haven't met their own pledges, demanding they "step up" in the climate change fight. THE HUFFINGTON POST
Read MoreIn fuel-short Mali, farmers find money in saving tree stumps →
A method to regrow and partially cut trees is spreading in West Africa as a way of sustainably producing fuel - and income. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreAmazon fires: Seven countries sign forest protection pact →
Seven South American countries have agreed measures to protect the Amazon river basin, amid global concern over massive fires in the world's largest tropical forest. BBC NEWS
Read MoreSmart gas cooking seeks to break African cities' dirty charcoal habit →
The widespread use of charcoal for cooking in African cities can cause devastating damage to forests up to 300 km away, scientist Sebastian Rodriguez-Sanchez found while working on energy and agriculture issues in West Africa. So in 2015, he co-founded a business to try to fix the problem by weaning people off charcoal - made by smouldering wood - and onto bottled gas, a fuel common in his home country of Mexico. PLACE
Read MoreEU moves to tackle deforestation caused by chocolate and other products →
Campaigners hail scheme to protect and restore forests around the world as ‘pivotal step’ towards ensuring goods remain untainted. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreEthiopia plants 350 million trees in a day to help tackle climate crisis →
About 350m trees have been planted in a single day in Ethiopia, according to a government minister. The planting is part of a national “green legacy” initiative to grow 4bn trees in the country this summer by encouraging every citizen to plant at least 40 seedlings. Public offices have reportedly been shut down in order for civil servants to take part. THE GUARDIAN
Read MorePray and protect: faith saves forests of Cambodia →
The project is the largest community-managed forest conservation site in Cambodia, benefitting nearly 4,000 people in six villages. PLACE
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