Trees and forests
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Call to investigate arrest of protesters in Sheffield tree-felling battleSouth Yorkshire police and crime commissioner is urged to investigate ‘repressive’ arrests as CPS drops charges
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Welsh oak could be the first British winner of European Tree of the YearShortly before the close of voting the Brimmon oak, for which a bypass was relocated, is close behind a Polish oak and a Czech lime tree
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Illegal logging in Malawi: can clean cooking stoves save its forests?Efficient cooking stoves could prove a more effective way to protect forests and stem illegal logging than the army
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Green belt is more likely to be wasteland than a slice of countrysidePlantwatch Almost a fifth of land with the designation is neglected, but there are examples of rehabilitation with industrial sites being transformed into nature reserves
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Daft, beautiful birds protected for the potCountry diary: Redcastle, the Black Isle There are dozens of them waiting in the undergrowth to fly up, panic-stricken, as we pass
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Beauty and destruction: the Amazon rainforest – in picturesFor a decade local photographer Rodrigo Baleia has documented the beauty and destruction of the Amazon basin from above
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An island of wild and ancient woodland in an urban sprawlCountry diary: Thorpe Wood, Peterborough This wood was here long before the city grew up around it. If it were lost its space would be instantly absorbed
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Case against Sheffield tree protesters is droppedJenny Hockey, 70, and Freda Brayshaw, 72, say they are relieved but angry after prosecutors drop public order charges
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Conservationists crowdfund drones to capture land clearingWilderness Society has funds to launch SkyScout craft in Queensland and NSW – and wants a third for Western Australia
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Tourist boom for ayahuasca a mixed blessing for AmazonShort supply of plant has led to uptake in commercial planting, use of dangerous alternatives and fears of deforestation
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Though well-known names oppose Sheffield’s tree removal scheme, the protest is hardly a vehicle just for ‘luvvies’Message to the council tree fellers: even famous people need to breathe
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We are destroying rainforests so quickly they may be gone in 100 yearsAt current rates of deforestation, rainforests will vanish altogether in a century. Stopping climate change will remain an elusive goal unless poor nations are helped to preserve them
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A place in the country: meet the new woodlandersIf you go down to the woods today... you might find a school, a photographer’s studio, or a carpenter’s workshop. Britain’s forests are getting a makeover
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New life radiates from a fallen oakCountry diary: Blashford Lakes, Hampshire Dead trees don’t get much of a press. For each one remembered, a million will be forgotten
Andes to the Amazon How did the 20th century fur and skin trade impact Brazil's Amazon?