Leaders around the world are asking the European Union to delay rules that would require companies to police their global ...

The European Commission remained steadfast on Thursday in the face of calls, this time from the bloc's cocoa sector, to delay ...

Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation ...

A pioneering law under attack The world’s governments have long acknowledged the need to halt and reverse the loss of the ...

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Uganda is experiencing alarming levels of deforestation, with the loss of around 2,000 square kilometres of forest annually ...

Forests are essential for life on Earth. Because they produce oxygen and help regulate the balance of carbon dioxide and ...

The centre-right and the socialists in the European Parliament are at loggerheads over how to enforce the EU’s ...

A pledge from the Brazilian president to pave a road that runs through the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from ...

The Amazon rainforest is in deep trouble. Labeling it a “crisis” however seems too hackneyed and not descriptive enough ...

Embattled political systems in Latin America make it difficult for conservationists and environmental policymakers to ...