No more grandstanding: Deforestation pledges will go up in flames if we ignore inequality - THE ECO CHAMBER: With wildfires reaching new and disastrous heights, we need an end to global pledges ...

An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost last year as tree losses surged, according to new research. It means that a political pledge to end deforestation made at COP26 by world ...

The world’s remaining great primary forests, including those in Borneo, the Amazon and the Congo basin, are still threatened ...

In January 2023, one of the world’s largest palm oil producers announced it was giving up membership of the High Carbon Stocks Approach (HCSA) ‘No Deforestation’ initiative. The decision has received ...

XAPURI, Brazil (AP) — When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as president of the second most populous country in the western hemisphere Jan. 1, few challenges will be greater than ...

A recent report from Mighty Earth shows that approximately 26,901 hectares (66,473 acre) suffered deforestation and forest degradation in the Cerrado between last September and December, while ...

Eight South American countries failed to agree on a common goal to save the critically vulnerable Amazon from deforestation following ... goals to avoid a point of no return for the vital rainforest.

The report said there was an “alarming rise” in deforestation in Bolivia, which jumped 351 per cent between 2015 and 2023. The “trend shows no sign of abating”, it added, with forests ...

With wildfires reaching new and disastrous heights, we need an end to global pledges – and more opportunities for people to make a living by protecting valuable ecosystems, writes Chris Wright ...

Trees lie in an area of recent deforestation identified by agents of the Chico Mendes ... The AP is solely responsible for all content. Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing Arguments to get the ...

The pledge to end deforestation by 2030 is certainly not a lost cause, but achieving it isn’t just about governments making grand announcements to protect forests.