The Latest Breaking News from Deforestation

The tropics lost the equivalent of 10 soccer fields of forest per minute last year.

Despite major progress in Brazil and Colombia, deforestation led by farming still cleared an area nearly equal to Switzerland

The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite uplifting progress in the Amazon, the picture elsewhere is less rosy, researchers said on Thursday.

Environmental pledges are being shredded to please agribusiness and appease extremists. It’s a terrible mistake, says environmental writer Arthur Neslen

Nearly three quarters of French people eat chocolate once a week, consuming an average of 7 kilos per year. But what seems a simple indulgence has a dark side: cacao farming has resulted in massive deforestation. Reports of child labour and farmers who are often unfairly paid have tarnished the…

EU countries debate proposed law on deforestation, balancing environmental concerns with economic interests. Environmental advocates stress the urgent need...

Since the 2015 Paris climate agreement, European banks have lent about €256 billion to corporations that put forests, savannahs and other natural ecosystems at risk, according to new research by a collective of NGOs, including Greepeace.

Inexpensive and easy to use, drones are proving invaluable for activists monitoring illegal fishing, hunting and deforestation – as well as keeping tabs on zoos and aquariums

EU members are calling for a revision of the anti-deforestation law to address the threats posed by deforestation on biodiversity and climate change.

Climate change threatens coral reefs, but a recent study suggests that playing healthy reef sounds can help restore them.

Experts in Pakistan recently warned of the increased risk of floods and other natural disasters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the country's most forested province, due to massive deforestation. Timber traffickers are accused of cutting down trees illegally on a regular basis. While forest protection services are stepping up patrols in forest…