Deforestation

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

• By Morgan Erickson-Davis

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.

• By Claire Asher

Hundreds of companies have pledged to cut commodities grown on deforested land from their supply chains, but few have turned those promises into successful policies.

• By Kate Wheeling

A new report finds that scientists described 381 new species of wildlife from the Amazon in peer-reviewed scientific journals between January of 2014 and December of 2015. Some, however, are already on the brink of extinction.

• By Shreya Dasgupta

The government hopes to use the collected penalties to fund restoration efforts in the degraded Indonesian land and forests. Without the penalties, no restoration work can start.

• By Hans Nicholas Jong

In the country's southeast Guaviare department, harvested wood rots on the ground while gangs and drug traffickers take over the land for illegal mining and agriculture.

• By Antonio José Paz Cardona

Researchers say a conservation initiative known as a payments for ecosystem services really paid off in terms of preventing deforestation.

• By Mike Gaworecki

A Rainforest Foundation UK briefing highlights very weak governance in the country, which means there is limited ability for the government to control its forest resources and to implement effective planning and management.

• By Morgan Erickson-Davis

Increasing beef productivity and engaging directly with the supply chain may be a flawed approach when seeking positive conservation outcomes.

• By Mike Gaworecki

Norwegian government officials are warning Temer that his country risks losing millions in financial aid that Norway pays to Brazil to help rein in deforestation in the Amazon.

• By Mike Gaworecki

Deforestation increased almost 60 percent last year, with the forest losing over 29,000 hectares, a new report says.

• By Ignacio Amigo

Brazil's diverse range of land defenders are holding back against illegal logging simply by living as they do.

• By Maximo Anderson

Cocaine trafficking—not coca-growing—is responsible for up to 30 percent of the rainforest destruction in Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

• By Francie Diep

Small and medium-scale agriculture was responsible for 80 percent of the deforestation between 2001 and 2015.

• By Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo

There is now a set of guidelines for palm oil companies to use when implementing their commitments to address the deforestation associated with their operations.

• By Mike Gaworecki

The surprising way fruit-eating animals serve as a buffer against climate change.

• By Madeleine Thomas

Your recap of a whirlwind opening at the 2015 United Nations climate summit.

• By Lucia Graves

But a new study finds that the ambitious goal of halving emissions from forest loss in the tropics by the end of the decade remains within reach.

• By Kate Wheeling

Brazil's program of increased enforcement in communities with high deforestation rates appears to have worked.

• By Nathan Collins

It's much easier for environmentalists to take aim at multinational corporations than at peasant farmers.

• By Francie Diep

New research finds zero-deforestation pledges are effective, and buying zero-deforestation products helps.

• By Francie Diep

Long-term studies on five continents show how chopping up forest hurts biodiversity.

• By Nathan Collins

A new gold rush could spell big trouble for South American tropical forests, a new study finds.

• By Kate Wheeling

Boosting cattle density on Brazil's farms means less rainforest needs to be eliminated. Could a tax or a subsidy help achieve that?

• By John Upton