Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...

By Fernanda Wenzel Major soy traders operating in Brazil announced in early January that they would abandon one ofthe world’s ...

The amount of rainfall in the southern Amazon basin has declined by 8 to 11 per cent since 1980, largely due to the impact of ...

Brazil’s biggest soy producers have withdrawn from the soy moratorium, a pledge to avoid Amazon deforestation.

Brazil is the world’s most biodiverse country, and the title is not closely contested in absolute numbers: between 10% and 15 ...

Global Canopy’s 10th annual Forest 500 report reveals that, despite some pockets of progress, voluntary private sector action has failed to generate meaningful progress on commodity-driven ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when ...

Mountain ecosystems are known to be highly sensitive to climate change, which can alter temperatures, rainfall patterns, and plant growth cycles.

In this image provided by Mighty Earth, the head of Kwipalo family of Papua's Yei tribe, Vincen Kwipalo, 63, left, and his wife Alowisia Kwerkujai, 58, cut a sago tree to find sago grubs, at a tribal ...

August was another month of relatively good news for the Amazon rainforest: The rate of deforestation has continued to decline significantly. Earlier this week, Marina Silva, Brazil’s environment ...