The first roads that cut through rainforests are well-known conduits for deforestation. However, new research finds that secondary roads, those that branch off the primary road, cause far more forest ...

Deforestation harms the planet and humans in many ways. Trees play a major role in the global effort to slow the pace of climate change, preserve wildlife, and support more than eight billion people.

The European Commission has excluded leather from its anti-deforestation law following advocacy by industry groups. The ...

BRUSSELS, May 4 (Reuters) - The European Commission has decided to exclude imports of leather from its anti-deforestation law, it said on Monday, after a campaign by industry groups which argued that ...

The decline had a positive impact on global results, according to data released by the World Resources Institute (WRI).

On 29 June 2023, the EU’s new Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 restricting sale in the EU of products that may cause deforestation or the degradation of forests (EUDR) entered into force. The EUDR is ...

NGO says Italian tanneries controlled by the French luxury group are seeking exemptions to EU deforestation law while ...

A European Commission project to counter deforestation and forest degradation associated with “the making available on the Union market as well as the export” of certain agricultural products was ...

The world’s biggest global climate fund has approved a $189 million commitment to &Green facility to support agriculture that doesn’t cause deforestation. The pledge by the $12.8 billion Incheon, ...

Hydropower dams aren’t sustainable—they destroy ecosystems, worsen climate change, and rely on rainfall patterns they help disrupt. Across the world, they’re drying up, failing to deliver clean energy ...

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, April 30 (Reuters) - The European Commission is set to exclude imports of leather from its ...