With wildfires reaching new and disastrous heights, we need an end to global pledges – and more opportunities for people to ...

The EU has announced the four countries that will be considered 'high-risk' under the EUDR - Myanmar, Russia, North Korea, ...

Another cause of deforestation is fires, which can occur due to either natural causes like lightning and drought or be man-made. Often, fire is purposefully used to convert forests into areas for ...

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Brazil vowed last year to halt deforestation by 2030, yet the number of fires burning in the country's Amazon rainforest hit a 15-year high in June. Burning season began last ...

Amazon deforestation causes strong regional warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2023; 120 (45) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2309123120 Cite This Page : ...

Logging is also a major cause of deforestation worldwide. Fire also causes deforestation. Wildfires can be natural, and these are made worse by drought. But in some areas of the world, like the Amazon ...

Initial signs, however, are that those concerns did not materialize. Deforestation in the Amazon causes the loss of many species and their habitats, negatively impacts indigenous people and their ...