University of Leicester-led research has revealed the start of industrial deforestation of the Malaysian rainforest and its long-lasting impact on coastal ecosystems in the skeletons of corals.

New research reveals that thunderstorms - not just drought or heat - are a major cause of rising tree deaths in tropical ...

"It gets lost between roads, gated communities, and other human interventions." Expert issues urgent warning over dire ...

The company says it reached an 85% waste diversion rate in 2024. Amazon’s waste and biodiversity director, Justine Mahler, ...

A patch of degraded forest the size of a soccer field is home to the world’s longest-running experiment simulating ...

The Rainforest Alliance has released its latest 2024 Annual progress report, charting its ongoing certification work in ...

SANTAREM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a landmark deal signed two decades ago aimed at ...

XINGUARA, Brazil -Decades of ranching in the Amazon have earned Roque Quagliato, Brazil’s “King of Cattle,” great wealth – and some trouble. His family's immense farms were accused of submitting ...

Peru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process of legalizing their activities after the government reduced the buffer zone ...

Swathes of Amazon rainforest cleared for soy agriculture in 2006. Restrictions imposed on the practice since then have seen reductions in land clearing and potentially better health outcomes.

Yearly deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by almost a third since August 2023, the Brazilian government said on Wednesday, plummeting to a nine-year low after historic droughts and ...

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