The Amazon rainforest is not the only place on fire right now.

A rise in illegal deforestation heightens the risk of fires in the Brazilian rainforest even more destructive than those that drew global outrage last year.

What’s at Stake Droughts. Floods. Shorter growing seasons. Economic insecurity. For communities around the world, climate change poses daunting challenges—and disproportionately impacts poor rural communities who depend on the land to live.

Goal to “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss by 2030 – a headline aim of the COP15 biodiversity summit – could take 80 rather than eight years to achieve, say conservationists

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month reached the highest level in any May since at least 2007, reports Brazil’s national space research institute INPE. The new data come as the world’s largest rainforest heads into the dry season, when forest-clearing typically accelerates and fire risk increases. According to INPE’s satellite-based deforestation tracking system, DETER, […]

ENVIRONMENT Deforestation adds up. New research finds that the Amazon region could lose more than half of its tree species by the year 2050. (Scientific American) Use our resources to learn more ab…

At the core of Brazil's out-of-control fires in the Amazon is deforestation. Here's how human meddling fundamentally transforms a rainforest.

This photo is from an investigative report from Rainforest Action Network that found wood fiber linked to the clearing and conversion of Indonesia’s rainforests in the paper of some of America’s favorite children’s books.

Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest past and into the future. Do you like breathing. Better wake up now.