Satellite data show a 37% deforestation decrease in the world's largest rainforest last year, the lowest level of Amazon ...

By Ashoka Mukpo Mongabay’s investigation into deforestation in Liberia started with a tip from a source last year. “There’s ...

The collapse of a landmark Amazon soy pact will drive at least 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) of extra ...

Tropical forests are essential for biodiversity, climate regulation and carbon storage. Yet they continue to disappear at an ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in a decade in the first half of the year, according to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon remains near a six-year low, with 561 square kilometers cleared in September, a 30% decline from the previous ...

Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through enormous swaths of the Amazon, releasing masses of planet-warming carbon ...

The Republic of Congo had been protecting about half of its dense rainforests via the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) framework. In exchange, the country is ...

Learn about what threatens the wet, layered forest and what you can do to help. 2 min read More than half of Earth’s rain ...

Tropical rainforests represent one of our planet’s most critical natural assets in the fight against climate change, storing approximately 25% of all terrestrial carbon despite covering just 6% of ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months through July compared to the same period a year prior, according to government data released on Wednesday — the smallest area destroyed in ...

Rainforests cover less than 10 per cent of Earth’s surface but support more than half of all known species. Here’s why World Rainforest Day is celebrated and five forests that play a vital role in kee ...