logging
Fighting the Amazon's Illegal Loggers
VICE News travels to Brazil, where the Tembe tribe has been forced to take up arms to protect their land from illegal loggers and settlers.
Fighting the Amazon's Illegal Loggers (Trailer)
Coming soon: VICE News travels to Brazil, where the Tembe tribe has been forced to take up arms to protect their land from illegal loggers and settlers.
Australia is Clearing Shitloads of Forest and Queensland is Leading the Charge
The state has tripled land clearing since 2010. We look at whether that will change under their new government.
'It Must Be Stopped': Indonesia's New President Vows to End the World's Worst Deforestation
Joko Widodo has pledged to halt the illegal clearing for palm oil plantations that is devastating the remote rainforests of Sumatra after responding to a petition to come and see the damage for himself.
Australia’s Prime Minister Proposes Destroying Environment for Votes
Tony Abbott’s conservative government is willing to put local wedge issues on the world stage — even if it embarrasses his country.
Will a Slap On the Wrist Save Tasmania's Heritage Forests?
The World Heritage Committee has rejected Australia's bid to delist 74,000 hectares of heritage listed forest, which Tasmania was hoping to log. Not that'll make much difference. There's plenty of other stuff to cut down, mine or dredge.
The Scale of Environmental Crime Has Reached Staggering Proportions
Poaching is just one of the black markets worth tens of billions of dollars.
Organized Crime Is Fueling a Boom in Illegal Logging Worldwide
In many tropical countries, those that are home to some of the world’s most important forests, up to 90 percent of logging is illegal, fueled by a black market that’s increasingly mob-run. That’s according to a new U.N. report (PDF) that states that...