PARIS, France — Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through enormous swathes of the Amazon, releasing masses of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indigenous Dayak communities report wildlife encroaching into villages, land grabbing, and loss of cultural and livelihood resources as a palm oil ...

Indonesia has some of the world's richest rainforests, but those ecosystems are increasingly being cleared for industrial agriculture. According to Mongabay, a palm oil company has begun large-scale ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Police in Brazil on Tuesday targeted a group suspected of using chemicals to clear a vast area of the Amazon rainforest in the northern state of Para, officials said in a statement.

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, where rivers serve as highways and entire communities sit days away from the nearest government outpost, organized crime is reshaping one of the planet’s most critical ...

Even Swedish consumption contributes to the loss of rainforest—and nowadays coffee has overtaken beef as the product affecting deforestation the most. This is shown in a new report from the WWF in ...

KAPUAS HULU, Indonesia — A palm oil company is rapidly clearing rainforest inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that’s home to orangutans and sun bears, adding to concerns over Indonesia’s efforts to ...

Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through enormous swathes of the Amazon, releasing masses of planet-warming carbon ...