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Farmers in drought-stricken Kenya are uprooting imported eucalyptus species that were planted near water sources.

Co-planting an acacia variety with crops delivers timely natural fertiliser as well as cutting erosion and supplying wood for domestic use.

A community forestry project in Haryana state has won the world's first afforestation clean development mechanism certificate.

Developing countries have been funded to take part in the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation scheme.

The Amazon rainforest is surprisingly sensitive to drought, researchers have found, which could threaten its role as a carbon sink.

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that African forests are absorbing a substantial amount of extra carbon.

Shade-grown coffee farms are rich in native tree species and are important corridors of genetic diversity linking forests, say researchers.

Tropical forests that grow back following deforestation are unexpectedly rich in plant and animal life that can help conservation efforts.

Coastal forests such as mangroves cannot protect against a tsunami on their own, and other factors should be considered, say researchers.

A study shows how rising oil and gas demand is leading to major exploration in the Western Amazon, threatening the forest and indigenous people.

Philippine researchers say the government is planting mangroves in unsuitable areas, leading to early death for the seedlings.

Researchers have called for more planning and better collaboration to make two of China's environmental programmes more sustainable.

Preparations are rife for Africa's 'Great Green Wall', a measure to prevent desertification, three years after it was first proposed.

A round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.

Changes in tropical forests cannot be explained by global environmental changes alone, researchers have found.

Using China's 'idle land' — often home to diverse species — to produce biofuels could post a threat to biodiversity, warn experts.

A round up of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 25 February–12 March 2008.

Researchers in Sri Lanka and Germany have developed a new method for measuring biodiversity that could help identify key tree species.

A round up of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 18 December 2007–9 January 2008.

Global warming might be causing plants in the Northern Hemisphere to lose more carbon to the atmosphere rather than store it, says a study.