Deforestation harms the planet and humans in many ways. Trees play a major role in the global effort to slow the pace of climate change, preserve wildlife, and support more than eight billion people.

The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation ...

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ...

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savanna-like ecosystems at 1.5–1.9°C of global warming if deforestation increases to roughly 22–28% of the Amazon, ...

Climate change makes the southern Amazon's rain increasingly sensitive to deforestation, a new study finds. Clearing large ...

Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the European Commission to revise the text of its anti-deforestation regulation, scheduled for implementation by the end of 2026, after critics condemned the ...

The European Commission’s announcement that it would not initiate a process to further amend the text of its milestone ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped to its lowest level since March 2018, according to new data from the Brazilian government. Deforestation for the year to date is down 40% compared to 2023 ...

A new study has uncovered that forest loss is changing weather patterns in the world’s three largest remaining tropical rainforests. The study, published in the journal Nature last month, found that ...

At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destruction could unleash widespread rainforest dieback ...