A Snapshot of Brazil’s Threatened Land Defenders
Brazil's diverse range of land defenders are holding back against illegal logging simply by living as they do.
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Deforestation
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Cocaine Traffickers Are Turning Swaths of Central American Rainforest Into Money-Laundering Ranches
Cocaine trafficking—not coca-growing—is responsible for up to 30 percent of the rainforest destruction in Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
The Peruvian Amazon Has Lost Over 1 Million Hectares of Forest in the Last 15 Years
Small and medium-scale agriculture was responsible for 80 percent of the deforestation between 2001 and 2015.
How the Palm Oil Industry Is Building a Toolkit for Sustainable Production
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.
Investigations Reveal Slave Labor Conditions in Brazil’s Timber Industry
A new report reveals conditions analogous to slave labor define life for workers in many of Brazil’s illegal…
Why We Need Primate Poop to Grow Rainforests
The surprising way fruit-eating animals serve as a buffer against climate change.
COP21 Climate Briefing: The First Three Days
Your recap of a whirlwind opening at the 2015 United Nations climate summit.
Tropical Countries Have Five Years to Cut Carbon Emissions From Deforestation by Half
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.
Taking Names, Saving Trees
Brazil's program of increased enforcement in communities with high deforestation rates appears to have worked.
How Big Business Accidentally Helped the Amazon Rainforest
It's much easier for environmentalists to take aim at multinational corporations than at peasant farmers.