The Latest Breaking News from Deforestation

Suspension of Soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destruction

Bolivia heads into an Oct. 19 runoff between centrist Rodrigo Paz Pereira and right-wing ex-president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga after nearly 20 years of socialist rule

Labour has continued to diverge from bloc’s laws, meaning most of UK’s protections are weaker than pre-Brexit

On the most mountainous and densely populated island in the Comoros, only the most remote forests have escaped decades of deforestation – ravages which several NGOs are now trying to repair.

The Indigenous Guard of the Nasa people formed in Colombia in 2001 to protect Indigenous territories from armed groups and from environmental destruction such as deforestation and illegal mining

The Indigenous Guard of the Nasa people formed in Colombia in 2001 to protect Indigenous territories from armed groups and from environmental destruction such as deforestation and illegal mining

Researchers caution that the Amazon rainforest could disappear in the next hundred years, due to the combined effects of climate change and deforestation, and a new model predicts how that could transpire.

Overall clearing was up 3%, with almost half in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas while 21% was remnant woodland, government data shows

Workers said deforestation in the area was fuelled by ‘land grabbing’ for development

Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a historic low in 2023

A majority of EU countries are pushing for changes to the EU deforestation law that could likely boost illegal timber imports from sanctioned Russia and Belarus, according to NGO Earthsight, which claims states pushing for the changes are benefiting from the illegal timber trade.