By Shanna Hanbury Commodity-trading giant Cargill recently signaled that it will weaken its no-deforestation commitments in the Amazon Rainforest, an investigation by Repórter Brasil has revealed. In ...

The Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," due to its vast capacity to ...

Made from the sap of the shiringa tree, the biomaterial combats land-grabbing for deforestation, supports communities that ...

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85% in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday. The 9,166 square kilometers cleared was the highest ...

Deforestation has long been a challenge for Brazil – where decades of over-farming and logging operations have taken a toll and seriously threatened the Amazon rainforest and the indigenous ...

Brazil beef industry still struggling with deforestation from indirect suppliers, survey finds ...

Indonesia’s deforestation is once again rising after several years of decline, with 2024 marking the highest rate since 2021.

Expanding aquaculture in the Amazon could provide nutritional and economic benefits at a fraction of the environmental cost ...

After conducting research in Ecuador and Colombia, Rebecca Tarvin, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative ...

Nonprofit advocates said the loss of U.S. foreign aid would impede but not stop their efforts to protect the Amazon and the ...

In committing to " no deforestation" policies, the supermarket Boards have missed a golden opportunity to push back on the ...

Recent data tell us that tropical Africa has lost about 22 per cent of its forested a.   rea since 1900, which is comparable to the losses in the Amazon.