TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Deforestation not only triggers an environmental crisis but also poses a serious threat to human health. The permanent loss of forest cover has been shown to increase mosquito ...

By Fernanda Wenzel Major soy traders operating in Brazil announced in early January that they would abandon one ofthe world’s ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%. The loss of vegetation leads to an increase in surface temperature, a ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when ...

The stump of a tree sits amid a clearing that was once forested land in the Sierra Leone's Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on Sept. 25, 2024. The stump of a tree sits amid a clearing that was once ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mindy Lubber is CEO and president of Ceres, a sustainability nonprofit organization. Between the attention on forests at COP30, ...

August was another month of relatively good news for the Amazon rainforest: The rate of deforestation has continued to decline significantly. Earlier this week, Marina Silva, Brazil’s environment ...

In a community centre in the heart of Ghana’s cocoa-rich Sui River region in western Ghana, two dozen people gather to ...