Rice, maize, and cassava crops cumulatively account for approximately 11% of total global deforestation—exceeding that of ...
Brazil’s latest satellite alerts indicate that deforestation in the Amazon has continued to fall into early 2026, extending a downward trend that began after a sharp rise earlier in the decade. Data ...
Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%. The loss of vegetation leads to an increase in surface temperature, a ...
As the world’s attention turns toward COP30 in Belém next month, the story of Brazil’s Amazon is shifting—though not quite in a straightforward way. According to the government’s satellite-based ...
You’ve heard the term, but do you know the true facts about deforestation? The makers of paper products do. But trust us: Deforestation and another term you’ve probably heard, clear-cutting, are not ...
The Brazilian government has built a map to help commodity exporters comply with the European Union’s new regulation on ...
Deforestation in ​Brazil's Amazon rainforest ‌fell 35.4% ​from August 2025 to January ‌2026, compared with the same period a year earlier, government data showed ‌on Thursday. * The Amazon ‌logged the ...
Barriers remain, particularly around data; but a joint AFi-CDP report finds 7% of companies assessed have eliminated deforestation from at least one supply chain. In Time for Transparency: ...
When a forest is lost to development, some effects are obvious. Stumps and mud puddles across the landscape, a plowed field or houses a year after that. But deforestation isn't just a loss of trees; ...