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International customers are suspending contracts with Indonesia's second largest pulp and paper company APRIL, which is part of the RGE Group, as photographic evidence from Greenpeace International shows clearance of rainforests and fire-prone peatland. The Greenpeace evidence comes just a week after a new study shows Indonesia’s forests are disappearing faster than anywhere else in the world.

One of the strongest storms to hit Japan in decades is slamming into the southern islands of Okinawa, forcing residents to take refuge from violent winds, torrential rains and massive waves.

Rainbow parrotfish grazing in the Caribbean

Rainbow parrotfish grazing in the Caribbean

International customers are suspending contracts with Indonesia’s second largest pulp and paper company APRIL, which is part of the RGE Group, as photographic evidence from Greenpeace International shows clearance of rainforests and fire-prone peatland. The Greenpeace evidence comes just a week after a new study shows Indonesia’s forests are disappearing faster than anywhere else in the world.

Pope Francis called for more respect for nature on Saturday, branding the destruction of South America's rain forests and other forms of environmental exploitation a sin of modern times.

Satellite image of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the northern Caribbean.

Satellite image of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the northern Caribbean.

Children in the village of Tebikenikora, on Kiribati’s main Tarawa atoll. Will they have to move one day as a result of climate change?

Children in the village of Tebikenikora, on Kiribati’s main Tarawa atoll. Will they have to move one day as a result of climate change?