The Latest Breaking News from Deforestation

Chinese demand for Indonesian wood pulp is propping up industry ostracised elsewhere over sustainability concerns.

Researchers in Belgium report that 45 percent of deforestation in Côte d'Ivoire in the past decade is the result of unregulated cocoa production.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose 14% in March from the previous year, preliminary official data showed on Friday, highlighting the continued challenges for the new leftist government.

Preliminary data finds deforestation in the month of March increased 14 percent over the same month last year.

Brasília (AFP) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the first quarter of 2023 was one of the worst on record, according to official figures released on Friday.

Paris (AFP) - Rainforests on Indigenous lands in Brazil's Amazon protect millions of people from heart and lung diseases by absorbing pollution and save $2 billion a year in healthcare costs, researchers said in a study published Thursday, urging increased protection against deforestation.

CPTPP membership will result in more deforestation and endanger animal welfare, say campaigners

Rubber industry Sources are not being properly disclosed which is putting the endangered animals in greater harm's way

Environmentalists question high grade given to JBS and accuse it of deforestation in the Amazon and under-reporting emissions

Expert analysis and reporting by The Associated Press raises doubts about whether a program to sell carbon credits in Peru’s Cordillera Azul National Park is delivering on its promise to balance out emissions by the companies buying the credits

Expert analysis and reporting by The Associated Press raises doubts about whether a program to sell carbon credits in Peru's Cordillera Azul National Park is delivering on its promise to balance out emissions by the companies buying the credits