Deforestation

Some of Earth's most beautiful and vulnerable landscapes are being impacted by climate breakdown, despite their protected status.

A Constitutional Protection Action could protect the Rights of Nature over the economic rights of transnational companies in Ecuador's Intag Valley.

Global heating is contributing to forest fires, and those fires are stoking further heating: a deadly cycle. What can we learn from India's forest survey?

Government launches consultation on legislation to prohibit larger businesses operating in the UK from using products grown on land that was deforested illegally.

Two-thirds of UK public say government should do more to tackle Amazon destruction.

Colombia is the world’s most biodiverse country by area, but its rich forested ecosystems are facing existential threats.

New documentary on indigenous rights and the future of the Amazon launches online.

Worsening fires and deforestation in the Amazon are exacerbating the situation for indigenous people, who are already more vulnerable to Covid-19, scientists say.

Small trees that grow up in drought conditions could form the basis of more drought-resistant rainforests, new research suggests.

Legal experts ClientEarth welcome new Forest Code from the Republic of Congo government.

Greenpeace is calling on the major food retailer Tesco to halve the amount of meat it sells by 2025 to protect wildlife, the climate and people.

Industrial expansion has resulted in the loss of some 420 million hectares of forest overall since 1990, and the decrease of old-growth primary forest worldwide by over 80 million hectares.

A fundamental sea-change is required in the global approach to tackling deforestation, and it requires a new focus on engendering institutions of cooperation rather than competition.

The story of deforestation is also the story of the globalisation.

Coconut oil production may be more damaging to the environment than palm oil, researchers say.