Research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of carbon.

A native New Zealand insect that once mimicked its toxic neighbor has changed color in deforested areas, in a striking ...

The European Parliament should reject proposed amendments to the European Union’s Deforestation-Free Products Regulation ...

According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, ...

IBAMA said on it had identified 69 properties that had sold 18,000 head of cattle raised on deforested land, and 23 meat packing companies that bought the cattle in the states of Para and Amazonas.

In 2006, environmental nonprofits and some of the world’s largest soybean traders came together in a landmark “soy moratorium ...

Brazil's environmental agency levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking and their suppliers companies for buying and ...

Nestlé, Unilever, McDonald's, Walmart Inc., Tesco Plc and other consumer-goods companies demanded in a letter that the traders refuse to trade soy from deforested regions of the Cerrado starting ...

JBS, the world's largest meatpacking company, has over the last five years been buying cattle from farms that were caught illegally deforesting Brazil's Pantanal wetlands despite the company's claims ...

Left on their own, some deforested areas can rebound surprisingly fast with minimal help from humans, sequestering loads of atmospheric carbon as they grow. New research from an international team ...

Brazil Fines Meat Packers $64 Million for Buying Cattle From Deforested Amazon Land BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's environmental protection agency IBAMA has imposed 365 million reais ($64 million ...

Brazilian State Law Overturns Soy Moratorium That Helped Curb Amazon Deforestation AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — A historic agreement that's helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly ...