Chocolate and coffee makers including Italy's Lavazza and Cadbury-maker Mondelez are concerned about the "practicalities" of a new European Union law aimed at stopping deforestation.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continued to plummet in May, reaching the lowest level since March 2018, according to new data from the alert system run by Brazil’s national space research ...

Companies that have paid to source agricultural produce that complies with the European Union's anti-deforestation law would lose out if the EU decides to delay implementing the legislation by a ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon — Earth’s largest rainforest — is on a continued downward trajectory, according to data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute ...

The most accurate deforestation calculations are usually released in November. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pledged “deforestation zero” by 2030. His current term ends in January 2027.

On 29 June 2023, the EU’s new Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 restricting sale in the EU of products that may cause deforestation or the degradation of forests (EUDR) entered into force.

Market-based approaches to forest conservation like carbon offsets and deforestation-free certification schemes have largely failed to protect trees or alleviate poverty, according to a major ...

Earlier this week, Marina Silva, Brazil’s environment minister, announced a 66.1 percent decrease in Amazon deforestation compared to last August. That amounted to a loss of about 217 square ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by half last year, according to figures released Friday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government bolstered environmental policing to crack ...