Deforestation

These temperature rises can also lead to local extinction of the native species living in those regions.

Fines for illegal deforestation were down 34 percent from January 1st to May 15th this year compared to the same period last year—the largest drop ever recorded.

Globally, 80 percent of forest loss stems from turning over forest for agriculture to grow food for livestock and human consumption.

A new report reveals the major European supermarkets that are potentially fueling illegal deforestation when they support the Brazilian cattle industry.

Environmental groups argue that Europe should use trade leverage to prevent the Brazilian government from furthering the destruction of the rainforest.

The country's president has a poor environmental record, raising concerns over the preservation of Madagascar's iconic biodiversity.

A recent study in Malawi found that deforestation can reduce access to safe drinking water.

New research has found that higher levels of inequality lead to more deforestation, whereas better equality leads to better forest protections.

France's new strategy to stop importing "unsustainable forest and agricultural products" is just one piece of a much bigger puzzle for the European Union.

Small-scale gold mining has led to the destruction of more than 170,000 acres of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon over the past five years, according to new research.

The countries with the richest swaths of rainforest are still cutting them down, undermining one of the best available solutions to staving off climate change impacts.

Researchers warn that an area of Brazilian Amazon rainforest bigger than Ireland is at risk of losing its legal protection.

Haiti's deforestation is largely driven by small-scale farming and charcoal production, which involves harvesting wood and heating it to remove water and volatile compounds.

According to a new analysis, tropical forest loss currently accounts for 8 percent of the world's annual carbon dioxide emissions.

This has led to over-hunting and persecution by cattle ranchers becoming even bigger threats to the survival of the big cat.

A new report from Greenpeace shows that brands and their suppliers are not abiding by their own pledges to only buy from sustainable producers of palm oil.

Commodity-driven deforestation is most responsible, with farming and forestry also playing a major role in the global tree cover loss.

New research using radar data, as opposed to visual satellite imagery, is a reminder that deforestation and environmental degradation aren't just happening in tropical forests.

Through rituals like tree ordinations some monks in Thailand are integrating Buddhist principles into sustainable ecological practices.

A recent study illustrates the connection between consumer demand in the U.S. and increased furniture production in China, which is, in turn, fueling logging in Central Africa.

A new study using a combination of data sources finds that fire is causing more degradation of forests than logging, the other most significant driver of loss in the Amazon.

The government has banned logging in the country for three months, driving cooking fuel prices through the roof.

A recent study out of Malaysia illustrates that even responsible logging practices severely harm local fish populations.

Illegal logging continues to be a persistent problem in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, threatening an already fragmented wildlife habitat and forcing indigenous tribes off their land.