In addition to Brazil, the EU deal should also affect countries like Indonesia, Argentina, Ghana, and Nigeria, as the importation of these products will be prohibited if linked to deforestation ...

Scientists warn the Amazon may be nearing a tipping point of irreversible collapse, threatening the water cycles and agricultural lifelines of South America. Deforestation is no longer just an ...

On a sweltering July afternoon, two large yellow bulldozers dug into the brown soil at the bottom of a lush avocado orchard near the small town of Madero, located in central Mexico’s Michoacan ...

Activities associated with cocaine trafficking threaten two-thirds of the most important landscapes in Central America for 196 forest bird species, including 67 migratory species. This is the key ...

Our findings suggest that there is real potential for drug-related deforestation to negatively affect populations of migratory birds. Many of these species are unusually concentrated in winter in ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66% last month compared to July 2022 and is now at its lowest rate in six years, according to preliminary data released by Brazil’s National ...

In South America’s remote Chaco, deforestation uproots natural rhythms. Large-scale cattle and soy farming spell devastation for indigenous people in this remote part of Argentina ...

South America Will Pledge to End Amazon Deforestation by 2030 1 minute read Aerial view of a burning area of Amazon rainforest reserve, south of Novo Progresso in Para state, on Aug. 16, 2020.

As governments try to advance their fight against deforestation, criminals are finding new ways to take down trees for profit. In South America, chemical deforestation is one of the newest ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s ambitious pledge to end illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by 2030 is going regional.. The eight South American nations that make up ...