World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss, report says
World 14:53 14/10/2025SANTIAGO - The world is falling far behind a global goal to reverse deforestation by 2030, with losses being largely driven by agricultural expansion and forest fires, according to the 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment.
Dutch tourists rescued after getting lost in Vietnam forest following Google Maps route
Travel 17:07 08/10/2025Two Dutch tourists, who got lost deep in a forest in Quang Tri Province, central Vietnam after following a wrong turn on Google Maps, have been rescued by local police and villagers who used a farm tractor to reach them, a senior officer confirmed on Wednesday.
Brazil's Lula announces $1 billion investment in global forest fund
World 11:08 24/09/2025Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced on Tuesday a $1 billion investment in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a multilateral funding mechanism it has proposed to support conservation of endangered forests, at a United Nations event in New York.
Sweden and Finland urge revision of EU's forestry climate targets
World 12:02 17/09/2025STOCKHOLM -- Sweden and Finland could suffer "dire" economic consequences if they are forced to harvest less forest in order to meet their EU-mandated climate targets, the two countries said this week.
Skeletons found in Vietnam’s Central Highlands forest
Vietnam News 11:04 24/08/2022A group of bamboo shoot pickers discovered the corpses
7 arrested for destroying over 3.5ha of forest on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island
Vietnam News 15:46 31/05/2022They were accused of being involved in four separate deforestation cases on the island
Vietnamese man missing for one month while looking for agarwood in forest
Vietnam News 12:32 10/05/2022He lost contact with his family on April 8
Pine trees burned after being felled at forest in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Vietnam News 14:49 11/03/2022Authorities believed the same people who cut down the trees were behind the burning
Pine forest destroyed near headquarters of commune administration in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Vietnam News 12:30 05/01/2022An official said it is hard to detect such activity as the culprits often operate at night
North-central Vietnamese province considers clearing forest for thermal power plant construction
Vietnam News 15:25 16/07/2021Almost 24.5 hectares of forest is slated to be cleared
Vietnamese man arrested while hiding in forest after killing mother-in-law
Vietnam News 13:05 13/07/2021The motive of the murder was a family dispute
Fairylike bamboo forest offers new livelihoods to mountainous residents in Vietnam
Vietnam Life 11:38 25/02/2021The evergreen forest was planted some 60 years ago
