One estimate suggested rainfall has been down by more than 74% as a result of deforestation. This is due to the vital role ...

The communities of Puntland, Somalia, have long engaged in environmentally harmful practices, including overgrazing, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flooding and landslides made worse by deforestation killed over 1,000 people in Sumatra last year (Yasuyoshi CHIBA) (Yasuyoshi ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ...

Deforestation has reduced rainfall over the Amazon, suggesting the rainforest could reach a catastrophic tipping point sooner than expected. Satellite observations and rain gauge measurements show ...

Global demand for a handful of agricultural commodities—from your morning coffee to a piece of chocolate—is the single largest driver of deforestation and habitat loss across the planet. As ...

Brazil revealed an innovative plan to pay nations for forest preservation, securing USD 5.5 billion in pledges. This initiative, crucial to global warming mitigation, aims to financially incentivize ...

Banks have arranged more than $425 billion of financing for the companies most responsible for deforestation over the past decade. That includes $72 billion provided to the beef, palm oil, soy, rubber ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged ...

Coffee plants are seen at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation experimental farm in Brazil in 2022. Coffee production in Brazil is leading to deforestation, a nonprofit group says. Evaristo ...