Local and indigenous communities play an important role managing and protecting forests.Research published in 2014 by World Resources ...

A year after it pledged a dramatic shift in how it operates in Indonesia's fast dwindling native habitats, ...

The moratorium on forest conversion established by Brazilian soy giants in 2006 dramatically reduce deforestation for soy expansion ...

Wilmar, the world's largest palm oil company, has unveiled a tool it says will help eliminate deforestation from ...

The bulk of life in the rainforest is found the leafy layers of the canopy. But little was ...

According to the Brazilian NGO's analysis of satellite data, 1,373 square kilometers of rainforest was chopped down between ...

Roughly half of Indonesia's natural forest loss occurs outside officially designated concession areas, concludes a new assessment that ...

2014 was a landmark year for tropical rainforests, with dozens of major companies committing to eliminating deforestation from ...

2014 could be classified as "The Year of the Zero Deforestation Commitment". During 2014, nearly two dozen major ...

Camera traps are revolutionizing the world of conservation, helping researchers document elusive wildlife, record rarely-observed animal behavior, catch ...

In 2014, the unimaginable happened: companies representing the majority of palm oil production and trade agreed to stop ...

Large-scale deforestation in the tropics could drive significant and widespread shifts in rainfall distribution and temperatures, potentially affecting ...

Peatlands in the Peruvian Amazon store ten times the amount of carbon as undisturbed rainforest in adjacent areas, ...

Plants rely on three critical elements for growth: carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight. Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations ...

A coalition of governments and organizations today pledged to restore 20 million hectares (50 million acres) of degraded ...

The Indonesian government has agreed on reference levels for measuring reductions in emissions from deforestation and forest and ...

New Indonesian president Joko Widodo has ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to review licenses for companies ...

Jane Goodall is not only arguably the most famous conservationist who ever lived, but also the most well-known ...

Palm oil giant Musim Mas Group has suspended purchases from the PT Pati Sari mill over allegations that ...

Cargill will use Unmanned Aerial vehicles (UAVs) and 'solar-powered, satellite-connected remote sensor networks' to monitor compliance with its ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to outpace last year's rate by a significant margin, reveals data released ...

A forest that is the only place where rhinos, tigers, elephants, and orangutans coexist is under threat from ...

Severe droughts in southern Brazil may be linked to deforestation and degradation of Earth's largest rainforest, argues a ...

Parts of the Amazon rainforest are getting considerably less rain, leading trees to absorb less carbon, finds a ...

A law passed by the Indonesian government last month makes it even more difficult for palm oil companies ...

Smallholder properties account for a rising proportion of overall deforestation in Brazilian Amazon, suggesting that Brazil’s progress in ...

Cattle ranchers that drive the vast majority of forest clearing in the Brazilian Amazon are unlikely to be ...