In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, March 30, 2018

Tropical forests Questions arise about new agreement to protect the Congo Basin’s peatlands (REDD Monitor). Dozens of ancient villages, possibly home to 1 million people, found in the Amazon rainforest (New Scientist). Laughing gas emissions from peatlands no laughing matter for climate change (University of Birmingham/EurekAlert). More than 3 billion people at risk as a result of biodiversity and ecosystem services loss from land degradation (IPBES/EurekAlert, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal). Research aims to find the carbon footprint of Easter eggs and other chocolate (University of Manchester/EurekAlert). The Brazilian government may open the Amazon rainforest up to sugarcane farming (The Guardian). New research looks for alternatives to the use of fire in Indonesia’s oil palm sector (CIFOR Forest News). Questions about who controls forests still hamper the strategy to address climate change and economic development known as REDD+ after a decade (CIFOR Forest News). Indigenous communities in Papua, seeking infrastructure development, accuse Greenpeace of driving away investors (The Jakarta Post). Wildlife would benefit if authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria worked together (All Africa). Other news New video explores the threats that may be pushing cheetahs toward extinction (The Revelator). At least 130 of 150 short-finned pilot whales stranded in Australia have died (The Atlantic, The Guardian). Research looks into the secret behind some amphibian species’ survival despite global die-off (The Atlantic). Drones give scientists new insights into reindeer migration (The New York Times). A judge has thrown out ExxonMobil’s opposition to an investigation into the company’s statements and research on…

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