SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The world is moving too slowly to meet pledges to end deforestation by 2030, with the destruction worsening in 2022, according to a report by a coalition of environmental ...
As humans change the environment around us, those changes are coming with surprising consequences, some of which are evident in rainforests around the world. Deforestation is destroying their local ...
The world is off track to meet a pledge to halt deforestation by 2030, new research warns - Copyright AFP/File CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN The world is off track to meet a ...
By Rhett Ayers Butler The story of the world’s tropical forests in 2025 was not one of dramatic reversal, but one shaped by ...
A burnt area in Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 21, 2022. Fires in the Amazon are often set to clear land. Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was ...
Jakarta, Indonesia — From trees felled in protected national parks to massive swaths of jungle razed for palm oil and paper plantations, Indonesia had a 27% uptick in primary forest loss in 2023 from ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Deforestation detected in the Brazilian Amazon broke records for the month of April, reflecting a worrisome uptick in destruction in a state deep within the rainforest after similar ...