Deforestation

In a significant legal decision, two former friends have been convicted for their roles in the deliberate destruction of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in Britain. Their actions have been characterized as “deliberate and mindless criminal damage.” Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers embarked on a reckless midnight journey of over 50 kilometers through a storm from their homes in Cumbria to the famed Northumberland site. There, one of them felled the beloved sycamore with a chainsaw while the other recorded the act. During the…

Klarionogy: Calling for a Bright Solution on Energy Shift in Somalia’s Northeastern State AXADLE, Somalia - Mohamed Abdirahman, the dude steering Northeastern State's Environment and Climate Change helm, is ringing alarm bells about their dangerous affair with wood fuel. A colossal 85% of their juice comes from good ol’ firewood and charcoal, leaving forests in tatters. Abdirahman passionately voiced, "Our current ways are razing our woods. Switching to solar is our ticket to save the trees and Northeastern State’s…

Obsessed with violence, engulfed in chaos for years, Yemen's problems may be growing even more and even entering an environmental crisis. Yemeni lumberjack Ali al-Emadi spends hours chopping down an acacia tree with an ax as his 12-year-old nephew helps split logs. In a war-torn country, al-Emadi must turn to logging in its northern al-Mahweet region to earn a living. An economic collapse has wiped out the agricultural and construction work for which he used to travel around the country. However, as…