Aotearoa New Zealand’s oceans are currently warming faster than almost anywhere else on the planet, placing unprecedented stress on marine ecosystems already struggling with harvesting pressures, sedimentation, and habitat destruction.

The annual carbon-sink capacity of China's forests and grassland has exceeded 1.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents, ranking first in the world, an official said Wednesday, News.az reports citing Xinhua .

On July 23, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Erlan Nysanbayev met with scientists from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to discuss the creation of artificial forest plantations on the dried base of the Aral Sea.

A forest fire has broken out in the woodlands of Izmir, a city on Türkiye's Aegean coast, News.az reports citing TRT Haber.

Turkish authorities have imposed a ban on entering forests across 27 provinces due to the high risk of wildfires, according to state media Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.