The first roads that cut through rainforests are well-known conduits for deforestation. However, new research finds that secondary roads, those that branch off the primary road, cause far more forest ...

New research, based on forest fires in Australia, proves there is a significantly higher risk of large-scale flooding when major deforestation has occurred in catchment areas. The chance of ...

Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, according to a new study. The research, by a team of British and Brazilian scientists, led by Dr. Edward Butt ...

Deforestation remains one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. From accelerating climate change to threatening biodiversity and disrupting local communities, the loss of forests ...

Study shows better adoption and implementation of company supply chain policies for Brazilian beef and leather could significantly reduce carbon emissions. Cattle-rearing is the biggest cause of ...

Hydropower dams aren’t sustainable—they destroy ecosystems, worsen climate change, and rely on rainfall patterns they help disrupt. Across the world, they’re drying up, failing to deliver clean energy ...

Conservation in Madagascar. UK teenagers investigate the causes of deforestation threatening the habitat of the lemur.

Sept 5 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 66.11% in August to its lowest level for the month since 2018, Environment Minister Marina Silva said on Tuesday, in a significant mark for its ...

THE COCOA supply chain, much like a high-end bar of chocolate, is complex, opaque and a little nutty. Farmers, mainly in West Africa, sell their crop to local intermediaries, who in turn sell to ...

Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, suggests a new study. The research suggests that tropical forests play a critical role in cooling the land ...

The Amazon Forest seen from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory, a scientific research facility in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometres ...