The ongoing destruction of the world’s rainforests sped up in 2022, putting worldwide promises to end deforestation by 2030 in serious doubt. The total loss amounted to 4.1 million hectares ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and ... “From the moment of deforestation, there is a loss,” professor Silvia Sardinha, a wildlife vet and ...

There are many causes of rainforest deforestation, which leads to loss of habitats, soil erosion, flooding and global warming. International agreements, 'debt for nature' swaps and selective ...

To make these conclusions, the authors compared relatively intact forests with those in which habitat loss and fragmentation had occurred, such that these studies were not well designed to ...

But if forests are cleared, or even disturbed, that carbon is released as carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Drawing on a wealth of research, we’ve identified 11 "deforestation fronts" where ...