Tucked between the village and the forest, Haruna and his father-in-law worked diligently through the night distilling dried ...

But it's unsustainable: patchouli can only grow on the same land twice before farmers need to clear a new patch to farm on. It's another factor leading to deforestation. Like many farmers ...

The maps aim to prevent deforestation by collecting information such as the rate of tree loss and forest fires. A new satellite-driven mapping project has been launched to help palm oil companies ...

Civil society groups and academics urged governments Thursday to take actual steps toward fulfilling a stalled pledge to end ...

The figure above shows the change (in millimeters per day) in daily average precipitation after total Amazon deforestation compared to before deforestation. The pink to dark-pink range indicates a ...

Second, deforestation can cause the land surface to become relatively warm, triggering upward air flows and the formation of areas of low atmospheric pressure. Such ‘heat lows’ draw in ...

February 20, 2025 Colombia deforestation rose 35% in 2024, minister says Deforestation in Colombia rose 35% in 2024 from a 23-year low the previous year, fueled by an uptick in the Amazon region ...

New Global Witness analysis shows deforestation linked to UK imports is continuing to rage on amid regulatory delays ...