The Latest Breaking News from 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.

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.

Less office waste material during Covid has led big lavatory roll makers to cut amount of recycled paper in tissues, according to consumer body

Our love of luxury toilet roll is sadly a bum deal for the environment: our profligate wiping habits mean about 1m trees are felled daily. You can help, writes Christian Koch

A coalition of activist groups and researchers has released a report it hopes will increase pressure on agribusiness giant Cargill to do more to fight deforestation and human rights abuse

From Russia's war against Ukraine to US rivalry with China, tectonic geopolitical shifts have shaken multilateralism in recent years. While many of the consequences, from surging food and energy prices to the rising risks of major conflict, have been discussed at length, more attention must be devoted to the implications…

They are a poster child for imminent extinction, at risk from deforestation, climate change and bushfires. Yet, where I live in South Australia, they are so abundant they are in danger of eating themselves out of house and home.

Indigenous peoples are increasingly recognised as the most effective custodians of the world’s remaining forests.