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.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in eight years during the most recent monitoring period, according to new data from the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute, ...

In 2025 tropical deforestation fell by more than a third after reaching record levels the previous year. Experts welcomed the data with hope — and caution. Tropical forest loss is still 46% higher ...

"Moving from cutting the size of Connecticut every year to cutting the size of my home state of Rhode Island every year is ...

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Despite a drop in the size of deforested areas, the number of wildfires in the region increased by more than 30 percent.

SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation in the Amazon, and indeed it has. When the next official ...

On May 4, the European Commission released a report on the simplification of the EU Deforestation Regulation, claiming a 75% reduction in compliance costs.

On 4 May 2026, the EU Commission published a report on the simplification of the revised EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), alongside ...

Behind closed doors in Brussels, the leather industry is fighting tooth and nail to water down Europe’s landmark deforestation law. The post Sustainable Fashion Faces a Deforestation Reckoning ...