By Shanna Hanbury Commodity-trading giant Cargill recently signaled that it will weaken its no-deforestation commitments in ...

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

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 ...

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

Sadly, the Amazon rainforest is a rapidly disappearing ... Brazil and working with corporations that are responsible for deforestation in the Amazon. “There are more than 300 McDonald’s ...

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

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

found that accountability for illegal deforestation in the Amazon has increased. However, only 5 percent of the cases led to compensation. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that the fines ...

Brazilian Amazon states are leading an offensive against environmental regulations in the Amazon and beyond. The movement ...

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