Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, World Forest ID, University of Sheffield and international collaborators have ...

Nickel is a key ingredient in most electric vehicle batteries, conferring high-energy density and long range at a relatively ...

Tropical forests are hot, steamy places. But when large numbers of trees are cut down, they get even hotter. Our recent ...

The Atlantic Forest, extending along Brazil’s eastern coast, was once among the most biodiverse ecosystems globally.

A new study finds flaws in forest carbon credit baselines that could allow countries to earn billions without cutting ...

The move stems from a federal mandate published last October requiring zero deforestation in agricultural exports, and builds ...

President Lula is pledging to reduce deforestation to zero by 2030 and is calling for a reduction of greenhouse gases by 67% compared with 2005 levels.

This paper studies how global warming affects deforestation and agricultural land use. Using high-resolution satellite data on global temperature, deforestation, and land cover from 2001 to 2019, we ...

As Peru heads into elections, most political parties lack concrete plans to tackle illegal mining, a major driver of ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when ...

Indonesia’s deforestation surged in 2025, rising 66% from the previous year, marking a sharp reversal after several years of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mindy Lubber is CEO and president of Ceres, a sustainability nonprofit organization. Between the attention on forests at COP30, ...