The Latest Breaking News from Deforestation

As deforestation removes protection from the ferocious winds, compounding damage from climate crisis-driven drought, sand dunes are burying the medieval port of Hobyo. Will pledges to green the desert save communities already displaced by war?

CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and deforestation are the causes of global climate warming exceeding 1°C over the past 100 years. At the current rate, this warming will most likely climb to 2°C before 2100, causing climate disruption around the world.

When asked to situate the world’s most iconic rainforest on a map, most people will pinpoint Brazil. And given the intense media coverage of the country’s deforestation and fires – concerns reached a peak under former president Jair Bolsonaro and his free-for-all approach – they might also imagine a thick…

Rubber farmers, entrepreneurs and exporters are being advised to swiftly adapt to various challenges, including geopolitical conflicts and environmental measures that may impact agricultural trade, as well as European Union (EU) laws regarding products and deforestation.

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

Primary tropical forest cover continued to decrease at an alarming rate in 2022, making the goal of net zero deforestation by 2030 even more unattainable.

Drugmaker’s $4oom offsetting scheme aims to combat climate change and biodiversity loss caused by deforestation

Data shows the world lost about 10 million acres of primary rainforest in 2022.

An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is failing

Research finds tropical mammals suffer impact of deforestation even if they live in protected areas

JAKARTA: Indonesia, home to a third of the world's rainforests, has seen its annual deforestation drop by 8.4%, its environment ministry said on Monday, attributing the fall to better control of fires and stricter permitting for tree clearance.