Deforestation

Meet the next generation of Indigenous Earth defenders.

Professor Herbert Girardet today launches a major new series of essays - Megamorphosis - exclusively with The Ecologist.

Phosphorus exhaustion limits Amazon's growth rate as CO2 rises, making the rainforest less resilient to climate breakdown.

Countries meeting in Copenhagen to assess action needed to deliver commitments made at Cop26 talks in Glasgow last November.

Scientists say this microbial meat alternative is a protein-rich food that can taste and feel like red meat and be as nutritious.

The world’s forests are being destroyed against a background of corruption, illegality and apathy.

Experts fear the Amazon is reaching tipping point, triggering dieback and major impacts for biodiversity and climate breakdown.

Misinformation campaign behind weakening of Amazon protections exposed by scientists.

Majority of influential companies and financial institutions doing little or nothing on deforestation - undermining global climate targets.

Temperature rise driven by climate breakdown and deforestation increasing heat-related deaths in rural communities in Indonesia.

The UK Government should stop British banks funding deforestation.

Indigenous peoples, shifting cultivators and rural women lose out under the UN REDD+ programmes.

Estela Casanto Mauricio, a Peruvian indigenous leader, was killed for her advocacy for the right to live in a healthy environment.

Are Rights of Nature the answer to our ecological crises?

Tropical deforestation is linked to food and animal feed consumed in the EU. We read 1,141 proposals addressing this problem - so you don't have to.