Colombia Passes First-Ever National Law Requiring Beef to Be Traced Back to Its Origins
The new law is aimed at tackling deforestation in protected areas and will take effect over two years.
By Georgina Gustin
Deforestation
Amazon Deforestation at Eight-Year Low, Report Shows
By Gabriel Matias Castilho
The Trump Administration’s New Biofuels Targets Threaten Carbon-Rich Rainforests
By Georgina Gustin
Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock
By Georgina Gustin
A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge
By Georgina Gustin
When a Road Goes Wrong
By Georgina Gustin
Deforestation Threatens Public Health. Securing Indigenous Land Rights Can Help, Researchers Find
By Katie Surma
How Trump’s Anti-Environment Crusade Enriches Drug Traffickers
By Katie Surma
Lessons From a Climate Disaster
By Katie Surma
As China Touts Green Financing and Climate Goals, Its Banks Are Pouring Billions Into Commodities From the World’s Rainforests
By Georgina Gustin
Is Bolivia’s $1.2 Billion Deal to Protect Its Forests a Climate Boon—or a False Solution?
By Nicholas Kusnetz
In Chile, a Declining Forest Worries Scientists
By Andrés Muedano
Changes May Ease Burdens of European Deforestation Regulation on Small Palm Farms, but Not the Confusion
Story and photos by James Whitlow Delano
Ranchers Are Using Toxic Herbicides to Clear Forests in Brazil
By Georgina Gustin
Fighting for the Native Forest of the Gran Chaco in Argentina
By Alexa Robles-Gil
To Save the Amazon, What if We Listened to Those Living Within It?
By Katie Surma
Is This Palm Oil Company Operating on Protected Forestland?
By Jenaye Johnson
In Brazil’s Semi-Arid Region, Small Farmers Work Exhausted Lands, Hoping a New Government Will Revive the War on Desertification
Story by Giovanna Carneiro and Inácio França, Marco Zero Conteúdo
