Deforestation

At COP27, the US Said It Will Lead Efforts to Halt Deforestation. But at Home, the Biden Administration Is Considering Massive Old Growth Logging Projects

Schemes that protect forests to create carbon credits that polluters can buy to offset their emissions have been popular in the rush to green the economy, but they can threaten biodiversity and Indigenous land rights.

By Bob Berwyn

Mil Milhas na Amazônia, para Mudar a Maneira como o Mundo Funciona

By Katie Surma

Study Shows Protected Forests Are Cooler

By Bob Berwyn

A Thousand Miles in the Amazon, to Change the Way the World Works

By Katie Surma

New Reports Show Forests Need Far More Funding to Help the Climate, and Even Then, They Can’t Do It All

By Georgina Gustin

UN Report Says Humanity Has Altered 70 Percent of the Earth’s Land, Putting the Planet on a ‘Crisis Footing’

By Georgina Gustin

Is the Amazon Approaching a Tipping Point? A New Study Shows the Rainforest Growing Less Resilient

By Georgina Gustin

Most Agribusinesses and Banks Involved With ‘Forest Risk’ Commodities Are Falling Down on Deforestation, Global Canopy Reports

By Georgina Gustin

The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless Assault

By Georgina Gustin

COP26 Presented Forests as a Climate Solution, But May Not Be Able to Keep Them Standing

By Bob Berwyn

In the Amazon, the World’s Largest Reservoir of Biodiversity, Two-Thirds of Species Have Lost Habitat to Fire and Deforestation

By Georgina Gustin

Trees Fell Faster in the Years Since Companies and Governments Promised to Stop Cutting Them Down

By Georgina Gustin

The Best Protection For Forests? The People Who Live In Them.

By Georgina Gustin

Lands Grabs and Other Destructive Environmental Practices in Cambodia Test the International Criminal Court

By Katie Surma

‘We Need to Hear These Poor Trees Scream’: Unchecked Global Warming Means Big Trouble for Forests

By Bob Berwyn

Forest-Hungry Industries Slowly Responding to Pressure About their Impacts

By Georgina Gustin

Beef Companies Failing in Effort to Slow Amazon Deforestation, Study Says

By Georgina Gustin

Forest Rescue Funds Caught in Carbon Feud

By Fiona Harvey, Guardian

Indonesia Signs Deforestation Moratorium

By Olivia Rondonuwu, Reuters