Features

Dominik Sipiński reports on the rise of a nationalist Poland.

Diana Beresford-Kroeger unveils the hidden bio-chemistry of trees.

Forest communities are under siege in Cambodia, says Fran Lambrick.

Facts and figures about trees and forests, from carbon control to biodiversity.

Sustainable forestry may be an oxymoron. Chris Lang finds some holes in the system.

Escaping the pressures of modern life in Japan. By Tina Burrett and Christopher Simons.

It happens every year: thousands of hectares of Indonesian rainforest are torched to clear land for palm oil, timber and other agribusiness operations. It’s a perfect storm of destruction. Nithin Coca reports from Sumatra.

The world’s last great woodlands are fast disappearing – with untold consequences for the environment and for us. Time to stop the destruction, argues Wayne Ellwood.

Fiona Broom reports from Nepal on the scandal of the ‘orphanage industry’.

Saudi Arabia – birthplace of violent Islamic puritanism – is playing a dangerous game, writes Alastair Crooke.

An interview with Julian Assange.

The quiet power of oil and money has for decades enabled Saudi Arabia to buy silence and influence. But not for much longer, predicts Nafeez Ahmed.

‘Rich Saudi’ are words that seem to belong together. But Paul Aarts and Carolien Roelants highlight another, mainly hidden, reality.

The key facts you need to know about the country's people, environment, oil economy, human rights and more.

Madawi Al-Rasheed examines the prospects and limits of activism in the absolute monarchy.

Its not just for show, as the bombing of Yemen illustrates, writes Vanessa Baird.

Why is the West still cosying up to an ever-more repressive Saudi Arabia? asks Vanessa Baird.

Kate Evans explores the camp at Calais through illustration, told with her characteristic warmth and humour.

Stories you might have missed in 2015. Compiled by Jo Lateu.

Global inequality lies at the root of our anxiety over migrants, says Bridget Anderson.