Global brands are driving commodity risk and deforestation through their supply chains—exposing themselves to growing legal, ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The ...

It's native to Southeast Asia, mostly in Indonesia ... Patchouli distillation also has the potential to increase deforestation, as firewood is used from the surrounding forests to heat water ...

Forests are essential to life as we know it. They play a vital role as carbon sinks and climate regulators, they are habitats ...

Researchers have called out the Indonesian government’s claim of having reduced deforestation by 90% over the past decade, ...

Brazil’s INPE space research agency data showed deforestation soaring 29.5% to 9,762 square kilometers for the 12 months through July 2019 Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to ...

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest ...

Banks in Africa and Latin America trail Asian counterparts on sustainability but can help unlock a global nature-positive ...

An analysis of 500 large businesses with supply chains in forest-risk commodities has found that one-third have no public commitment to address deforestation. Moreover, most of the others are ...

US commodity producers will likely avoid strict checks under the European Union’s rules to curb deforestation after months of lobbying, providing relief for the sector against the backdrop of a ...

In exchange for the amnesty, cattle ranchers must join Rondonia's environmental regularization program, which requires them to halt deforestation and submit a plan to reforest part of the area.