Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest ...

The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land ...

It is being “falsely arguing” that the amendments are necessary to comply with the EU’s new forest regulations, campaigners ...

The first Earth Day happened shortly thereafter, on 1970. Of course, astronauts on their way to the Moon can provide a fresh ...

As deforestation rates increase and climate change accelerates, understanding these complex interconnections becomes increasingly important for predicting and preparing for future weather patterns in ...

4,793 square kilometers of rainforest were cleared in the Amazon, a record value for the period. In December alone, deforestation extended over 218.4 square kilometers, a 150% yoy increase.

Understanding the web of social groups involved in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is key to containing forest loss, argues a leading Amazon researcher writing in the journal Ecology and Society ...

Peru holds the second-largest share of Amazon rainforest after Brazil ... even retroactively legalizing past deforestation. Peru’s Constitutional Court upheld the amendment after a group ...

A controversial amendment to Peru's forestry law is sparking outrage, as it eliminates the need for state authorization before converting forest land, potentially accelerating Amazon deforestation.