Deforestation harms the planet and humans in many ways. Trees play a major role in the global effort to slow the pace of climate change, preserve wildlife, and support more than eight billion people.

SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in eight years during the most recent monitoring period, according to new data from the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute, ...

Climate change makes the southern Amazon's rain increasingly sensitive to deforestation, a new study finds. Clearing large ...

When we think about the environment in Australia, it’s easy for our minds to wander to the bushfires of 2019/ 2020 or to the catastrophic floods that ravaged Lismore and the mid-north coast last year.

Concerns are growing over the effects of deforestation on the climate and public health. Activists are speaking out against the loss of green spaces and urban sprawl, which are exacerbating heatwaves, ...

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming if deforestation increases to roughly 22-28 percent of the Amazon ...

On May 4, the European Commission released a report on the simplification of the EU Deforestation Regulation, claiming a 75% reduction in compliance costs.

Will the EU deforestation law be postponed again? Given how events have unfolded this month, this is a question worth asking. The law is set to take effect in December 2025 and is seen as the EU's ...