New state-level legislation in Brazil, including the withdrawal of tax incentives for companies adhering to the ASM, is ...

The command-and-control approach to reducing or eliminating environmental wrongdoing depends on both carrots and sticks. The ...

Brazilian payments company Stone said on Monday it has secured 295 million reais ($53.4 million) in financing from the ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian payments company Stone said on Monday it has secured 295 million reais ($53.4 million) in ...

Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, ...

Over the past 12 months, deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado biome dropped by 20%, while the Amazon saw a 4% rise in alerts. In ...

Colombia recorded a sharp uptick in deforestation in the country's Amazon rainforest for last year. The expansion of livestock farming and illegal construction were among the factors authorities ...

In the Pantanal, deforestation decreased by 72 percent, dropping to 319 km² from 1,148 km² in the previous period. The biome ...

The push is part of a larger conservation effort led by UNEP. Its goal: to protect the fast-disappearing rainforests and peatlands of eight Congo Basin countries.

A recent study published by Imazon, the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment, demonstrates how difficult it is to punish land grabbing in the Brazilian rainforest. The researchers analyzed ...

December - Amazon deforestation drops by 31% - The rare pink pigeon species has been saved - Extinct snails are thriving ...

Rainforests are home to half of the world's plant and animal species. Here are the five largest rainforests in the world.