The withdrawal of leading traders has left Amazon even more vulnerable to rampant deforestation and climate crisis.

Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and retains heat at ...

Despite missed 2025 goals, top firms show ending deforestation is achievable—protecting forests, biodiversity, and corporate bottom lines.

By Shanna Hanbury The world’s largest buyers of Brazilian soy have announced a plan to exit from a landmark antideforestation agreement, the Amazon Soy Moratorium. The voluntary agreement between soy ...

Aerial view of triggered forest fire and deforestation for planting soya beans in the Amazon Rainforest, Vilhena - Rondonia state [Courtesy Andre Dib, WWF Brazil] Since 2007, Marcelo Salazar has been ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --Organized crime and illicit economies emerged in 2025 as major drivers worsening deforestation across the Amazon, despite partial gains in environmental enforcement in some countries ...

Nearly 20 years ago, a Brazilian lobbying group for soy trading and processing companies signed onto a historic conservation ...

FILE - Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — With ...

It’s true: afternoon coffee runs are getting more expensive. Deforestation in Brazil’s coffee-growing region has led to ...

Deforestation continued to surge in the Brazilian Amazon last month, according to official figures released Friday, showing it was the worst May and worst first five months of the year on record. In ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil — With little fanfare and virtually no publicity, lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rondonia have passed legislation in favor of hundreds of cattle ranchers who had illegally ...