Samir Tounsi/AFP/Getty Images Each of these rainforests is losing trees primarily to agricultural land use. The Amazon has lost a significant amount of its forest cover – more than an estimated ...

Global brands are driving commodity risk and deforestation through their supply chains—exposing themselves to growing legal, ... (Photo by EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images) ...

In the 1980s the first satellite images became available, with resolution steadily improving over the decades. Still, these images only showed deforestation after it had occurred.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has decreased for the eighth consecutive month, but damage is rising in the cerrado, a tropical woody grassland that’s adjacent to Earth’s largest rainforest.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and The Tree Map provided satellite image evidence of the widespread deforestation driven by palm oil plantations in the Rawa Singkil Wildlife ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made progress on a pledge to rein in ...

A number of bank-financed landholders might be involved in illegal landclearing, raising questions about lender exposure to ...

Deforestation, drought and fires battered Amazon rainforest in 2024 Fishermen push a boat in the Aleixo Lake amid a drought in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 24, 2024.

The Trump administration has paved the way for massive deforestation in the US by ending Clinton-era rules that protected 58 ...

SAO PAULO, March 10 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose in February to the highest level on record for the month, preliminary official data showed on Friday, highlighting ...