A new report published Forest Heroes, an advocacy campaign pushing for an end to deforestation, ranks global palm ...

Malaysian palm oil company Genting Plantations is continuing to destroy forests despite a high-profile pledge by one of ...

Dozens of companies, non-profit organizations, and governments pledged to work together to halve forest loss by 2020 and ...

Five of the world's largest palm oil producers have announced an immediate moratorium on palm oil sourced via ...

Two of the world's largest doughnut brands this week committed to sourcing safeguards that move them toward eliminating ...

Activists have launched an urgent appeal calling upon outgoing Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to step up protection ...

Speaking at a recent conference on palm oil sustainability in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysian Palm Oil Council CEO Yusof ...

September 7 is Threatened Species Day, a designation established by the Australian government to commemorate the death of ...

The population of blue whales in the Eastern Pacific has recovered to 97 percent of historic levels decades ...

Since 2008 Norway has been the single largest foreign donor to tropical forest conservation, putting more than 10 ...

Governors from 13 states have pledged to reduce deforestation 80 percent by 2020 provided rich companies step forward ...

94.9 percent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon occurs on land less than 5 kilometers from a road ...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed into law a ban on elephant ivory sales, reports NorthJersey.com.

The Brazilian government has released footage showing 'first contact' with an isolated group of indigenous people in the ...

A massive oil spill into a river in the Peruvian rainforest has sparked health concerns for the native ...

Targeted law enforcement efforts via Brazil's green municipalities programs were responsible for reducing deforestation by 10,653 square kilometers ...

Better utilization of its vast areas of pasturelands could enable Brazil to dramatically boost agricultural production without the ...

  On Tuesday a prominent group of conservation scientists condemned the Australian government's recent moves to eliminate protections ...

After exceeding an ambitious fundraising target to launch a near-real time forest monitoring system in the Congo Basin, ...

After years of discovering new species and setting up protected areas, Neil Burgesses' career changed. Currently he is ...

Greenpeace showed through a recently published two-year, in-depth investigation just how rampant timber laundering is in the Amazon ...

While Brazil led the world in establishing new protected areas in recent years, it has also stripped legal ...

A long snout with teeth jutting from the sides? Check. Catfish-like barbels dangling from its chin? Got them. ...

The Malaysian state should play a more active role in supporting the transition toward less environmentally destructive palm ...

Unlike other palm oil giants that have recently made strong commitments to eliminating deforestation and social conflict from ...

Unlike other palm oil giants that have recently made strong commitments to eliminating deforestation and social conflict from ...

Two consumer products giants have joined the wave of companies committing to deforestation-free palm oil.