Discover the hidden history of Sankarapathi Fort, a secret training ground for cavalry and elephants in Tamil Nadu's dense ...

Miami might not have piles of the natural, 100 percent organic white stuff necessary to build a magical snowman (I mean, ...

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) will be launched at the COP30 leaders’ summit on 6 November. The fund aims to raise and invest US$125 billion from a range of sources, with excess returns ...

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility seeks seeks to leverage investments into €108 billion that can be used to pay 74 developing countries for every hectare of forest they conserve. Germany's ...

A new global fund meant to reward tropical countries for protecting forests could instead drive deforestation and deepen debt in the developing world, civil society groups warn. The Tropical Forests ...

From the Amazon to the Congo, rain forests are vital ecosystems that have long been plundered to make way for mining or agriculture. But a new global forest fund aims to reward conservation. Though ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva officially launched the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) during the Climate Summit in the Amazon city of Belém, Pará state, on Thursday afternoon ...

Billed as the “Amazon COP”, the UN climate talks will see the debut of Brazil’s flagship fund to “reward” tropical countries for keeping their forests intact. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility ...

When you sip a cup of coffee or use a rubber band, you’re benefiting from tropical forests. These lush ecosystems provide countless products we rely on daily — from food to materials like wood and ...

Simon Mundy’s excellent article on the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (“A $125bn scheme to save the world’s rainforests”, Moral Money, FT.com, September 5), highlighting some of the challenges this ...

WHEN world leaders gather in Belem this November for COP30, the spotlight will not just be on emissions targets or carbon markets. A new actor is garnering attention: the Tropical Forests Forever ...

Chopping down rainforests is daft. The social costs of clearing a typical patch of Brazilian Amazon are perhaps 30 times the benefits of rearing cows on it, by one estimate from 2023. The problem is, ...