Swedish-British billionaire Johan Eliasch made a significant move in 2005. He purchased a vast tract of Amazon rainforest in Brazil. His intention was not exploitation but protection. By acquiring a ...

In Indonesia, these pressures are intense. Expanding palm oil plantations, logging, mining, and increasingly frequent fires ...

The production of food continues to eat its way into the world’s tropical forests. Agricultural expansion drives nearly 90% ...

For almost two decades, Brazil's largest soy producers guaranteed their products did not come from land cleared in the Amazon rainforest. Now, all bets are off.

In the late 20th century, Costa Rica — a Central American nation a little smaller than West Virginia — had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. The country was losing more than 100,000 ...

Vast stretches of a once-verdant acacia forest south of Sudan's capital Khartoum have been reduced to little more than fields of stumps as nearly three years of conflict have fuelled ...

Permits revoked, lawsuits filed, the threat of state takeovers. Deadly flooding in Indonesia has prompted unprecedented government action against companies accused of environmental destruction that ...

Across Nigeria, a silent environmental war is unfolding one that threatens not only the nation’s biodiversity but also the livelihood of millions. Illegal logging, deforestation for agriculture, and ...

When President William Ruto lifted the ban on logging in the Mau Forest and other gazetted forests on October 27, he called it a “rational economic decision”. He claimed it was not about destruction, ...

Rainforests are powerful carbon sinks and crucial to climate stability. A pioneering effort to protect them involves providing cash to forest communities so they don’t need to accept offers from ...