You have full access to this article via your institution. Demand for biofuels and other cash crops, such as tea and coffee, may usher in a new export-driven mode of deforestation in Africa's future.

a stark difference from previous periods dominated by illegal deforestation. The country lost 261,575 hectares (646,366 acres) of forests, an area four times the size of Jakarta. That’s up 1.6% ...

The report is based on satellite imagery, which was analysed to confirm deforestation, and followed up with field visits to areas representing tens of thousands of hectares of forest loss ...

The report is based on satellite imagery, which was analysed to confirm deforestation, and followed up with field visits to areas representing tens of thousands of hectares of forest loss ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires were set to more easily clear land to run cattle. The Amazon is twice the size of India and sprawls across ...

He said the delay in announcing the arrests was in part to allow for follow-up investigation. “Illegal deforestation encompasses a broad spectrum of criminal activities, from document fraud to ...