Amazon rainforest deforestation is reshaping the planet’s climate. It affects rainfall, raises global temperatures, and ...

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

The project was inspired by 14-year-old Alisha Wald's experience seeing the rainforest near her grandparents' home in ...

What Causes Glaciers to Collapse like the Event That Buried a Swiss Village?

Tackling monoculture and deforestation in the Amazon, Cuíca is using Brazilian chestnuts to make a plant-based milk that ...

Half of the world's forests were destroyed during the 20th century, with three regions mainly affected: South America, West ...

The World Bank has warned that deforestation could cause economic losses of $2.7 trillion a year by 2030, undermining carbon storage, crop yields, and ecosystem stability. In Brazil, Amazon ...

The deforestation and forest degradation associated with the secondary roads also varied greatly across regions. In the Congo Basin, deforestation associated with secondary roads was 31.5 times ...

Deforestation occurs when forests are converted—typically through logging, natural disasters, wildfire, and mining—to non-forest uses, often agriculture, logging, road construction, and urban ...

On 29 June 2023, the EU’s new Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 restricting sale in the EU of products that may cause deforestation or the degradation of forests (EUDR) entered into force. The EUDR is ...

Agriculture is the most common cause of deforestation, with logging, mining and infrastructure projects like road or dam-building also playing a part. Because of the expansion of these industries, ...