World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

End of Amazon Soy Moratorium estimated to cause 1.4 million hectares of deforestation over next decade, finds new research

The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Soy Moratorium, published today in the journal Science, shows that tens of millions of hectares of forests are at greater risk of conversion withou ...

Deforestation decline is not driven by corporate commitments

Tropical forests are essential for biodiversity, climate regulation and carbon storage. Yet they continue to disappear at an ...
Nasdaq

Coffee sector leaders launch industry-first global mapping initiative to accelerate the transition towards a deforestation-free coffee sector

The Coffee Canopy Partnership, initiated by JDE Peet’s (now part of Keurig Dr Pepper) was launched today to advance the identification and remediation of coffee-related deforestation. Using Airbus's ...
Mongabay

Deforestation alerts in the Brazilian Amazon fall to a 5-year low

Forest clearing detected by Brazil’s deforestation alert system fell to the lowest level in nearly five years. According to data released last week by the country’s space agency, INPE, deforestation ...
Mongabay

Streak of falling deforestation snapped at 15 months in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased in July 2024, marking the first month-over-month rise since March 2023, with 666 square kilometers of forest destroyed. Despite the recent increase, ...