Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and retains heat at ...

Fires burn off forest cover and natural grasses to create cattle pasture in the Maya forest in Guatemala. Credit: Jennifer Devine, CC BY-ND 4.0 Fires burn off forest cover and natural grasses to ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -The world is falling far behind a global goal to reverse deforestation by 2030, with losses being largely driven by agricultural expansion and forest fires, according to the 2025 ...

Brazil’s biggest soy producers have withdrawn from the soy moratorium, a pledge to avoid Amazon deforestation.

Heading into COP30, where tropical forests are set to be a central theme, it seemed worth looking today’s trajectories a little further forward and imagine where they might lead. Part 1 looked at ...

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 ...

Globally, deforestation is driven overwhelmingly by the expansion of agriculture. - Copyright AFP Lillian SUWANRUMPHA Globally, deforestation is driven overwhelmingly ...

The withdrawal of leading traders has left Amazon even more vulnerable to rampant deforestation and climate crisis.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon in November surged by 104 percent compared to the same month in 2018, according to official data released Saturday. The 563 square kilometers (217 square miles) ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — 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 ...