The Latest Breaking News from Deforestation

Malaysia’s climate minister says he’ll cut subsidies from the rich and help the poor to help better the environment.

Chhattisgarh Deputy CM T.S. Singh Deo said that while the deforestation that is taking place now is linked to the PEKB Phase II project for which permission was granted earlier, there is local opposition to two other mining projects as well.

The world has looked to offsetting schemes to protect forests, fund conservation and fight the climate crisis – but many fail to fulfil their promises. Here are five ways to keep our forests standing

Secretive Christian sect poised to carve big farms out of the Amazon, despite concerns of Indigenous people about the settlers’ deforestation elsewhere in Latin America

The summit’s moves to intermesh nature and climate goals are welcomed by campaigners, but concerns remain

As the new far-right president is sworn in, the world is watching to see if his destructive campaign promises can survive the realities of office

When President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned to power in January, he revived Brazil's environmental police force. The Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) is "back at work", says its president, Rodrigo Agostinho. After years of budget cuts under Lula's predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Ibama has…

A report by The New York Times sheds light on the effect the ever-growing industry has in the country's forests

The current drought situation in the Amazon, which has taken on a new level of severity this year, is influenced by two exceptional climatic conditions: the abnormally high temperature of the North Atlantic waters and the presence of the El Niño phenomenon. Despite these remarkable climatic conditions, however, the human…