The Latest Breaking News from Deforestation

WWF has called for legislation to take deforestation-linked products off UK shelves.

A coalition of conservation groups has launched a campaign calling for the Queensland government to draw up a plan to halt deforestation in the state.

Large area destroyed in September, as environmental criminals raced to wreck the region before possible change of president

Investigation found that JBS poultry were fed on soya beans and corn from deforested areas

Bolsonaro "derided Indigenous people, environmentalists and science" while weakening environmental protections

September has come and gone, marking another painful milestone for the world's largest rainforest

Under President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection in Sunday's vote, forest clearing and wildfires have surged in the Amazon.

Further destruction under Bolsonaro could push vital rainforest past irreversible tipping point

As the global population rises, we are projected to need up to 50% more food by 2050 than we needed in 2012. We face a huge challenge to feed the world while at the same time protecting our forests from agricultural expansion, which drives almost 90% of deforestation globally.

The Ashéninka woman with the painted face radiated a calm, patient confidence as she stood on the sandy banks of the Amonia River and faced the loggers threatening her Amazonian community.

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - The image would indelibly mark President Jair Bolsonaro's term: the sky over Sao Paulo turning dark at 3:00 pm as smoke from fires in the Amazon rainforest engulfed Brazil's biggest city.