US-China trade dispute could fuel farm expansion and deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savannah and Amazon rainforest.

Brazilian prosecutors have filed a lawsuit to annul a $180 million carbon offset deal involving the state of Pará, arguing ...

Gold mining in the Amazon is devastating soil and water; combined with heat, water loss, and topsoil depletion, it's stalling ...

Scientists in a new study have found that gold mining in South America makes restoration of the Amazon rainforest impossible.

But Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world. About 3.9 million hectares of African forest – the size of about ...

Brazilian prosecutors are seeking to annul a $180 million carbon offset scheme to support the conservation of the Amazon ...

Fires could turn the Amazon rainforest into a desert as human activity and climate change threaten ‘lungs of the world’, ...

Somehow, we’ll need to get the limited land on our hot and hungry planet to produce much more food to sustain us and absorb ...

In 2024, the world lost almost 6.7 million hectares (16.5 million acres) of primary tropical forest, the fastest rate ever ...

The study found that the more rainforests are cleared in tropical countries, the less local farmers will be able to depend on rain for their crops and pastures.

A new bill may dismantle Brazil’s environmental license framework, easing the way for infrastructure projects such as oil ...

Peru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process ...