The Latest Breaking News from Deforestation

Although deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon have halved, it is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London.

Miskito and other groups demand government action against criminal forces behind an unprecedented wave of deforestation in their territory

Over the last few decades Ghana has seen a rise in environmental degradation such as pollution, deforestation and land degradation. These have been driven by urbanisation, industrialisation, carbon emissions and waste burning. Environmental problems have an impact on public health and the economy. One path to finding solutions is geoscience…

You would be forgiven for thinking that your wood pulp top is sustainable. But you might be surprised to hear just how many forests are being felled to make it

A new EU regulation aims to ban the import of several products, including palm oil, that come from plantations linked to deforestation. While the bloc hails the law as an important way to protect the world's forests, Southeast Asian countries say it threatens their livelihoods and is difficult to implement.…

Environmentalists accuse Cattle Australia of trying to use ‘loophole’ in international definitions to gain deforestation-free status

A campaign seeking to drive support for Indigenous tribes fighting palm oil plantations in eastern Indonesia is spreading widely online after taking inspiration from an AI-generated image of Gaza.

Women-led forest rangers in Aceh, Indonesia, protect vital forests from deforestation and poaching, inspiring conservation efforts nationwide.

A female-led group of forest rangers in Indonesia are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation