A former biology teacher-turned-environmentalist is on a crusade in Uganda to save the once-flourishing trees from which shea ...

When Gibril Ali talks of “black gold", he does not mean oil. He buys it in sacks, not barrels. He sells it to his customers ...

Over hundreds of bags of charcoal for sale are seen in various areas of the community including the express roads leading to ...

The buried roots and stumps of an ancient forest in southern China are the charred remains of an ancient war and the burning ...

Chart: The Economist Charcoal has fuelled Africa’s urbanisation. It is dense in energy and hard to regulate, much like cities themselves. Despite concerns about pollution, lost trees and illicit ...

No photographs remain of João Gomes de Azevedo’s village before eucalyptus plantations radically transformed it. Instead, ...

Most residents of the community, especially women reportedly engage in the felling of trees for charcoal and firewood sale as their means of livelihood. Driving through the Local Government from ...

Mustafa Gerima wants local communities to stop chopping down the trees to make charcoal - which they say is more profitable than the oil, also used in cooking, that is extracted from its fruit.