An aerial view of cleared land for oil palm plantations ... to access more and more remote forests—which leads to further deforestation. Forests are also cut as a result of growing urban ...

By Kate Abnett The European Union is facing further pressure from member countries to delay and weaken its upcoming law to ...

This is because the EU recently enacted a new law that bans the trading of commodities like palm oil that come from deforestation and illegal sources in the EU. Aerial view of illegal oil palm ...

An aerial view shows the Madeira River ... is pledging to finish paving a road that experts say could worsen Amazon deforestation. More Edmar Barros/AP Photo "We can't leave two capitals isolated ...

An aerial view shows smoke rising over a deforested plot of the Amazon ... and climate control. Citing research.wri.org, deforestation caused Brazil to lose 15 percent of its primary forest. By 2024, ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made progress on a pledge to rein in the ...

It was the second year in a row of lower deforestation, with 2023 also recording a decrease of 11 percent from the previous ...

That pledge, just like similar promises made over the years, has so far failed to do much at all. While there’s some year-to-year variation, deforestation is going up, not down.

Forests & Finance policy assessment of 200 financial institutions exposed to companies working in areas at risk of deforestation in Latin America, Southeast Asia and West and Central Africa scored ...

The measure will require geolocation data to show that beans aren’t linked to deforestation. Farmers say they need more time to prepare. By Shola Lawal Farmers in Africa that produce some of the ...