The Latest Breaking News from Deforestation

When President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned to power in January, he revived Brazil's environmental police force. The Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) is "back at work", says its president, Rodrigo Agostinho. After years of budget cuts under Lula's predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Ibama has…

A report by The New York Times sheds light on the effect the ever-growing industry has in the country's forests

Coal must be phased out seven times faster and deforestation reduced four times faster to avoid worst impacts of climate breakdown, says report

Government sets up national holiday in hope of planting 15bn trees by 2032 to tackle climate crisis and deforestation

A zero deforestation target for agriculture set by Westpac has been described as "enormous" by the conservation movement but condemned by farmers.

This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition.

By now, the rivers should be full. But large-scale cattle farming, the climate crisis and weather events like El Niño mean Brazil is near the point of no return

Researchers analysed the UK’s direct import of seven ‘forest risk’ commodities, including palm oil, soy and cattle products.

Campaigners accuse government of failing to stick to promises made at Cop26 climate summit in 2021