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Forests

Trees are all around the world — they provide shelter, food and wood. Forests also play a crucial role in absorbing carbon dioxide and thus regulating the global climate.

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Two leaping salmon

Why Scottish salmon need forests to survive

Why forest restoration could be key to the survival of Scotland's wild salmon.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 8, 2020
Police deploy a water cannon vehicle

German forest activists blasted by water cannon

Police sprayed protesters with a water cannon in freezing temperatures during a protest in central German forest.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 5, 2020
Eco Africa - Reviving Ghana's forests one parcel at a time

Reviving Ghana's forests one parcel at a time

An entrepreneur has acquired land where he practices sustainable forestry and makes environmentally friendly products.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 4, 202003:37 min
A large cow being milked by hand

Mexico: Forest-friendly dairy farming in Chiapas

Small-scale farmers in Chiapas are learning to raise crops and cattle without damaging their forest home.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 1, 2020
Indien Mumbai Skyline

Green cover reforestation in Mumbai

In Mumbai, Forest Creators creates dense plantations of trees to improve local ecosystems and revive native species.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 27, 202004:29 min
DW Eco India - Forest, Wald

Earning money by saving forests

Turning a forest into a nature reserve can benefit forest owners, local people and the forest itself.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 27, 202006:12 min
DW Eco India (Sendungslogo)

Eco India - The Environment Magazine

Trees are incredibly important to the biosphere. We meet people who are working to protect them.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 27, 202026:06 min
DW euromaxx 13. + 14.11.2020 KW 46

Dying out of the box: modern funeral conventions

Traditional cemeteries are passé and alternative burials are becoming more and more popular.
LifestyleNovember 16, 202005:11 min
Police use climbing equipment to remove a protester from his spot in the trees in the Dannenröder Forst, 10.11.2020.

German police clear forest protesters for autobahn extension

Environmental activists have been encamped in the woods for over a year, protesting the extension of the A49 autobahn.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 10, 2020
04.2016 Check-in (Sendungslogo)

The Rennsteig trail in Thuringia

Lukas Stege walks along Germany's best-known hiking trail
CultureNovember 7, 202026:01 min
Check in Lukas Stege

Hiking along the Rennsteig ridge

Mountains, castles, deer-watching and waterfalls - Lukas Stege explores the Thuringian Forest.
TravelNovember 6, 202009:50 min
Kosovo Shar-Nationalpark

The beekeeper protecting Kosovo’s forests

Kosovo's Sharr National Park is a paradise of biodiversity under threat. A local beekeeper is working to save it.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 5, 2020
Panama Facts & Figures

Panama: Saving forests to save water

Climate change and decades of deforestation are drying up rivers that feed the Panama Canal.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 2, 202007:11 min
Eco India Sendung | Screenshots

Bringing back forests after fire

German scientists are looking for solutions to save lost forests since replanting the same trees hasn't been successful.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 29, 202005:01 min
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Beekeepers lose livelihoods

In the wake of Kenya's fight against Al-Shabab, ordinary people find themselves caught in the crossfire.
PoliticsOctober 22, 202002:59 min
Aerial view over the town of Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

Germany from A to Z: Villingen-Schwenningen

Every week we'll introduce you to a German city, guided by the alphabet. This time V leads us to Villingen-Schwenningen.
TravelOctober 19, 202010 images
Marianna Muntianu in a forest

The Russian activist aiming to plant a billion trees

Climate change and logging are imperiling Russian forests. Meet the activist fighting back with new and old technology.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 13, 2020
View of wooded mountains beneath a blue sky

North Macedonia: Protecting the Sharr mountains

An area which ran along the Iron Curtain during the Cold War has become rich in flora and fauna. Efforts are now underway to protect the "Green Belt" by creating a national park.
BusinessOctober 9, 202007:16 min
Oil field in the Mideast

Climate cause and consequence

From oil development in Namibia and the "forgotten" greenhouse gas methane, to the growing trend of climate lawsuits and restoring forests in Kashmir — we explore causes and effects of climate change.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 8, 202030:00 min
Mushtaq Pahalgami stands in forest land in Kashmir that he constantly replants and looks after

Protecting forests in Kashmir

In the valley of Kashmir, nestled in the folds of the Himalayas, decades-long armed conflict has pushed environmental issues into the background. But some locals have gotten tired of standing idly by as climate change increases temperatures and melts glaciers. They’ve started working to protect trees and forests, which play a vital role in managing climate change.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 8, 202006:48 min
DW Made in Germany | Krieger

KRIEGER goes down to the woods  

How do foresters take care of Germany’s woodlands?  
BusinessOctober 6, 202006:36 min
DW Made in Germany - Fakten Wald

Explainer: Forest facts & figures

How much are forests worth?
BusinessOctober 6, 202004:01 min
Kakaoanbau in Ghana

Rethinking cocoa cultivation in Ghana

A Dutch organization is helping cocoa farmers to protect their produce without harming nature.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 5, 202005:44 min
USA Kalifornien Waldbrände

Deadly California wildfires spark mass evacuations

Three people have died in a California wildfire, while another blaze ripped through the wine regions of Napa and Sonoma.
CatastropheSeptember 29, 2020
Eco Africa Sendung #235 25.09.2020

Churches save forests

Churches are playing a key role in conservation throughout Ethiopia by protecting forest areas around their parishes.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 25, 202003:20 min
Eco India I Urbanization vs villages I Mangar Forest

India - the protector of Mangar forest

One man is protecting the last remaining natural forest near India’s capital Delhi.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 25, 202007:02 min
Burned trees after a forest fire near the village of Cardigos, Portugal July 22, 2019

Fighting the eternal flame in Portugal

Huge swaths of Portugal have been planted with fast-growing eucalyptus, now the government wants to ban the practice.
BusinessSeptember 24, 2020
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World Stories - The Week in Reports

Lesbos: Distress following a fire in a refugee camp, Turkey: violence against women, Russia: opposition figures in dange
September 19, 202012:36 min
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Relaxation

Relaxing helps restore our physical and mental energy.
ScienceSeptember 11, 202026:06 min
A helicopter prepares to drop water at a wildfire in Yucaipa, California

California wildfire: Dozens airlifted from national forest

Hundreds of campers were rescued as a wildfire quickly spread in California's Sierra National Forest.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 6, 2020
Berlin | Austauschstudentin Venjing aus China in Deutschland

Two Chinese women get a taste of Germany

A Chinese student and her mother discover southern German cuisine.
SocietySeptember 5, 202012:35 min
Global 3000

Russia: Threat from melting permafrost

The majority of Russia's land territory is covered by permafrost. But for how much longer?
BusinessSeptember 4, 202006:07 min
Smoke from a fire in a Russian forest

Siberia's out-of-control fires

DW reports from the small town of Batagai, in Yakutia, where forest fires have become a fact of life.
August 28, 202003:30 min
Orangutan hanging out in a tree 

Coronavirus poses a threat to orangutans

Conservationists showing orangutans how to live in the wild are social distancing to protect the apes from COVID-19.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 19, 2020
Amazon forest area is burned in rural Novo Progresso, in Para, north of Brazil

Amazon damage runs deeper than thought

With deforestation and forest fires on the rise in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, the outlook isn't good.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 18, 2020
A man uses a garden hose to drench his house before being evacuated as a wild fire burns in the background, in La Couronne, near Marseille

France: Fires rage near Marseille

At least 22 people have been injured in the blazes in the south of France as 2,700 people were evacuated.
CatastropheAugust 5, 2020
Ricardas Puisys

Man thought dead found in UK forest after 5 years

The Lithuanian man was found deliberately hiding and had not spoken with anyone for a long time, according to police.
SocietyAugust 4, 2020
Thinned out forest in Germany

Drought, pests eating away at Germany's forests

The number of trees destroyed by insects has increased nearly sixfold in the past two years.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 27, 2020
An array of police and media vehicles gathered near Oppenau in the Black Forest, Germany, as part of a major search operation. July 13, 2020.

'Black Forest Rambo' hid in ditches with letter for family

A man who sparked a five-day police hunt in Germany's Black Forest hid in ditches, drinking only water while on the run
CrimeJuly 22, 2020
Russian imperial family in 1914

Scientists confirm remains belong to the last tsar of Russia

The Russian Investigative Committee has confirmed they have found the bones and remains of the last tsar of Russia.
ScienceJuly 18, 2020
Police in the forest in Oppenau

'Black Forest Rambo' captured after 5-day manhunt

A man who stole weapons from four police officers has been found after hiding out in the Black Forest for five days.
CrimeJuly 17, 2020
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Manhunt: Armed fugitive

A man who disarmed four police officers has managed to evade capture for five days now.
CrimeJuly 17, 202002:47 min
A forest covered in mist

Living Planet: Can't see the forest …

… for the trees? We head to old-growth forest in eastern Australia, where indigenous communities are fighting to protect the land from loggers, and visit a living forest laboratory in Germany. We'll also find out why Senegal's plans to build a green wall of trees have faltered, and what Siberia's fires mean for the climate.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 16, 202029:59 min
An indigenous protester and a man dressed as a koala in Nambucca forest

Protesting for old-growth forest in Australia

Precious old-growth forest that was spared in Australia's recent bushfires is now under threat from logging.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 16, 202007:40 min
Sequoia trees

Germany's tree laboratory

Researchers in Burgholz have set up an arboretum to study how trees are affected by climate change.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 16, 202007:02 min
A police helicoptor searching for the armed man

Manhunt underway for armed man in Black Forest

Police say the man — who has a knife, bow and arrow and a gun — is "in a state of psychiatric emergency."
SocietyJuly 13, 2020
Deutschland Kreidefelsen Rügen

UNESCO World Heritage in Mecklenburg

The German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania boasts historic Hanseatic cities and nature preserves.
CultureJuly 13, 202002:25 min
Sunset view looking over the landscape

Black Forest tourism starts again

Tourists from Asia are staying away this summer. New concepts are needed.
TravelJuly 3, 2020
Local aboriginal man protesting in Nambucca forest in Australia

Aboriginal protesters defend forest against loggers

Ancient forest in New South Wales is threatened by logging. But the cultural custodians of the land are fighting back.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 2, 2020
Panama Schokoladenmanufaktur Mayamei Cacao

Chocolate from the heart of the forest

An agroforestry project in Panama pays women a fair price for cocoa grown in harmony with nature.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 26, 2020