17 July 2023
Bolivia accounts for 9 per cent of all primary forest lost across the globe, and conservationists fear deforestation will only increase due to the government’s desire to expand agricultural production
4 July 2023
Sustainability researchers have serious doubts about whether the EU’s new regulation will succeed in stopping deforestation
20 June 2023
Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has made progress towards halting the illegal destruction of Amazon rainforest, but political opposition and the incoming El Niño will bring further challenges
10 March 2023
A skin and hair product that uses a yeast oil with properties similar to palm oil aims to help reduce deforestation tied to palm oil production
9 December 2022
The loss of pristine forest is estimated to be increasing by around 170 per cent annually in Venezuela - an even faster rate than Brazil - as a result of a state-sanctioned boom in gold mining
26 September 2022
The forests of the Maya Biosphere Reserve are growing rather than shrinking, because of a community-led conservation programme
4 May 2022
Even a modest shift from ruminant meat to microbial proteins could cut deforestation and carbon emissions 56 per cent by 2050
14 September 2021
Prospects for South America's biggest wild cat are likely to get worse in the short term unless the Brazilian government strengthens protections against deforestation for timber and cattle farming
1 September 2021
Fires set in the Amazon to clear land for farming have affected almost all the endangered species in the Amazon rainforest, cutting down on animal habitats and threatening plant species
16 August 2021
The end of Colombia's civil war in 2016 unwittingly caused an increase in deforestation across the country as Marxist guerrillas no longer protect the land
