There’s been much talk about country benchmarking for the upcoming European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), and for good reason. A country’s classification as high, standard or low risk could ...

One of the primary ways in which deforestation causes the spread of zoonotic diseases is by promoting the influx of human populations. Encroachments lack healthcare infrastructure, which amplifies ...

BRUSSELS, May 26 - The European Union is facing further pressure from member countries to delay and weaken its upcoming law to restrict deforestation, with 11 governments demanding changes ...

But forest loss may also aggravate malaria transmission and mortality. The extent to which deforestation impacts malaria incidence and mortality in India is still being understood. Researchers ...

Backing many of these efforts to slow deforestation is the Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force, which California's then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger helped launch in 2008. It is the world's ...

Backing many of these efforts to slow deforestation is the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force, which California’s then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger helped launch in 2008. It is the world ...

It came as the European Union decided to delay anti-deforestation rules and wind back other environmental protections in a bid to boost economic competitiveness. “This is a dangerous feedback loop we ...

Deforestation in Colombia fell 33% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 to 27,052 hectares due to agreements with communities and a greater presence of the state and the Armed Forces, the ...

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Argentina has formally objected to the European Union's preliminary classification of the country as a “standard risk” under the EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR). The regulation ...

A coalition of over 150 businesses, associations and investors — including Ikea, Google, Vattenfall and Allianz — is urging the EU to stick to its target of cutting emissions by 90 percent by 2040. In ...

Two decades later, the legend of mokele-mbembe remains alive, whispered in villages and embellished with each new “sighting,” and Abong’o says deforestation is the reason why. The Congo ...