Trees and forests
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Climate talks in Lima can save the Amazon rainforest by recognising rights of its best protectors, writes Dan Collyns
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Traffic jams and frayed tempers at south Wales farm that is supplying No 10, on busiest weekend of the year for tree sellers
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Country Diary Wenlock Edge, Shropshire Winged seeds come spiralling out of the murk
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Champion conker tree has a girth of over seven metres and stands in the grounds of Buckinghamshire’s Hughenden estate where Benjamin Disraeli once lived
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David Hill: Indigenous peoples say oil operations by Canadian firm in Peru pose danger to Brazil
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Women's rights and gender equality in focus Women on climate change frontline make big impact on small grants
Teresa OdendahlTeresa Odendahl: From Guatemala to Indonesia, bold action by women in communities threatened by extreme weather shows there is an alternative to costly international schemes -
Norway spruce or Nordman fir? Premium or third grade? Or what about a good quality fake? Here’s a handy guide to the star of the decorating show
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Indonesia’s new president announces plans to protect rainforest and peatlands, signalling a new direction for country with worst rate of deforestation in the world
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The 2005 flood that devastated Mumbai could just be the beginning - as more rain, more construction and more rubbish make the city even more vulnerable. So why won’t anyone act?
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Levels fell to second-lowest level in quarter century, Brazil’s environment minister said, in wake of adoption of controversial bill revising the Forest Code
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Paul Simons Dazzling leaf colours brewed in a long autumn
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Palm oil is in half of the products we buy but the impacts of unsustainable production can be devastating. Here’s what we learned from our expert panel on ways to build a sustainable palm oil industry
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Guardian Environment Network Imports of illegal timber fall in five major countries, says report
Mongabay, part of the Guardian Environment NetworkMongabay: Five key timber importers, including UK, France and US, have made progress in cutting down on contraband timber -
Light punishment of Norfolk buzzard poisoner will not dissuade offenders, says head of EU environmental crimes unit
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Country Diary Hamsterley Forest, Weardale: Fragile pendant beards festooned the trees
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Alex Soros: Developed world’s greed for hardwood, palm oil, natural gas and beef is killing people on environmental frontiers
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Government accused of neglecting people defending their land and forests against mining and illegal logging
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A 1,000-year-old hollow oak, reputed to have hidden Robin Hood from the Sheriff of Nottingham, has been voted England’s tree of the year
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Carbon mapping by the Carnegie Institute for Science reveals nearly seven billion tonnes of carbon stored in Peru’s rainforests, in a technique that could help preserve such stores to reduce carbon emissions
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Country Diary Wenlock Edge: Older than living memory this tree is full of secrets
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Turkish government says Kolin Group must obey a court ruling against construction of a new power plant, that was already in place when the company felled 6,000 olive trees on the proposed site
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Supporters of the proposed Great Forest national park say the entire central highlands’ ecosystem, the fate of the emblematic Leadbeater’s possum and the economic future of struggling towns are at stake as the state election approaches
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You wash with it, you brush with it, you toast it, it’s in 50% of what you buy – but what’s the real story of palm oil? Use the interactive below to trace the journey of palm oil from the rainforest through to your kitchen cupboard
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Implicated in deforestation, the destruction of natural habitats and climate change, the ubiquitous oil is in 50% of what many buy - from shampoo and lipstick to bread and margarine - but do consumers care?
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Amy Lockwood: The 38 degrees campaign, that succeeded in protecting UK forests from being sold-off by the government, is not just a victory for people power but a symbolic victory in our battle to protect the environment
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Report says logging and burning of Amazon might be connected to worsening droughts – such as the one plaguing São Paulo
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Tasmanian government blames deficit on deal brokered by Labor and Greens to protect 400,000 hectares of forest
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Tree and shrub-planting program has transformed degraded and deforested land across Africa, with Ethiopia planning to restore a further 15m hectares by 2030
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Legislative council is told that protection from protesters bill is ‘one of the worst-drafted pieces of legislation I’ve seen’
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A tree where Robin Hood hid and Isaac Newton’s apple tree are among candidates picked by the Woodland Trust for England’s first tree of the year, to be voted by the public
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Gangs commercially picking edible fungi to sell to restaurants and markets are leaving a ‘trail of destruction’ across woodlands, such as Epping and New Forest
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Country Diary: Teesdale This tree was a high-rise hibernaculum
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A sneak peek into the Gombe national park in Tanzania reveals thick forest, tall waterfalls and chimps in treetops feasting on flies
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Janaki Lenin: The 3,000MW Dibang dam, rejected twice as it would submerge vast tracts of biologically rich forests, is to get environmental clearance – but huge local opposition could stall the project
Climate change’s first victims are always those least to blame