The next global pandemic could originate in the Amazon rainforest, according to one environmental expert. Humanity’s encroachment on animal habitats in places such as rainforests is increasin… ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now projecting a 123 million ton harvest for 2019/20 which would make Brazil the world's leading soy producer ahead of the United States.

Companies that made voluntary pledges to stop tropical deforestation by 2020 have almost entirely failed to do so, reveals Global Canopy’s annual Forest 500 report released on Wednesday.

However, making a high-level corporate policy commitment to zero-deforestation is one thing. Assuring that commitment is internally consistent, and carried out from top to bottom of the supply ...