Over 80 fashion brands linked to Amazon deforestation
While many people have heard of Amazon rain forest land being cleared for grazing cows doomed to become...
Amazon deforestation still high despite Brazil's COP26 pledge
Last week at COP26 in Glasgow, 100 countries, including Brazil, pledged to reverse deforestation by 2030....
110 countries pledge to end deforestation by 2030
More than 100 leaders from around the world pledged to reverse deforestation by 2030, in what's being lauded as...
Annual Amazon deforestation rate hits highest levels in a decade
A new report by Brazilian research institute Imazon shows that the Amazon forest has experienced...
Illegal beef farmers promote deforestation in Chiribiquete National Park
Leading supermarkets in Colombia are stocking and selling beef that may be produced illegally in protected nature...
South Korea to plant 3 billion trees by 2050
The South Korea Forest Service has announced its plans to plant 3 billion trees within the next three decades....
Global food brands fight UK bill that fines for products linked to deforestation
Some leading food brands are challenging an environmental bill being discussed by the U.K. Parliament. The much-delayed...
Forests the size of France have been restored in the past 20 years
A study by Trillion Trees, a joint venture of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), BirdLife International...
Deforestation contributes to disease outbreaks, study says
A recent paper published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science has established that there is a connection between...
Devastating gold rush in Peruvian Amazon rainforest as seen from space
The Peruvian Amazon is the world’s fourth largest tropical rainforest and an important biodiversity hotspot....
Monarch butterfly population declines due to climate change and logging
A new report by the World Wildlife Fund in association with the government of Mexico shows that there...
Facebook Marketplace fuels illegal sales of land in the Amazon rainforest
Large parcels of land in the Amazon rainforest are being sold illegally on Facebook. According to a recent investigation...
Global Forest Watch can now see through clouds to stop deforestation
Last year, the Global Forest Watch tracking system starting allowing people to help monitor deforestation in far-flung...
Trump administration opens 3.4M acres of owl habitat to loggers
The Trump administration has once again rolled back an important policy regarding the protection of birds. Only...
Amazon deforestation reaches a 12-year record
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has risen to a 12-year high in 2020, according to data released by...
