Logging of tropical forests can boost the incidence of malaria in the surrounding area by nearly 50 percent, according to new research tracking deforestation in Brazil's Amazon. The study examined ...

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Papua New Guinea boasts the third largest rainforest in the world and houses about 7% of the planet’s biodiversity, including threatened species found nowhere else in the world. In recent years, ...

Indonesia has announced a two-year moratorium on rainforest logging in return for up to $1bn in aid from Norway, which will help preserve forests. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's president, made ...

Up to 39 million trees in the world's most biodiverse rainforest are about to be logged and shipped to China, according to rainforest charity ...

Deep in Guatemala's Maya rainforest, a team led by Washington State University researchers captured more than just photos of jaguars, tapirs and ocelots. They also captured a rare success story: a way ...

There was a lot more rainforest in the area prior to colonisation, Hill said, with the remnants mostly existing as small patches interspersed with tall eucalypt forest that is the main target of ...

New pictures have emerged of the Mashco Piro, a rarely-seen uncontacted Indigenous tribe in the remote Peruvian Amazon, amid concerns that logging activity is forcing them out of the dense rainforest ...

Indonesia appears to brought rainforest logging under control - but it's all a huge illusion, according to a new EIA report. Traditional logging has been replaced by the mass clearance of rainforest ...

Satellite technologies developed at the University of Sheffield could help shift the balance in global climate crises as they chart the loss of precious rainforest in Peru and help authorities seize ...

Rainforests are among the most important natural systems on the planet. They act as the Earth’s green lungs by absorbing carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen, stabilising global temperatures and ...

Entire villages in parts of Cambodia have turned to illegal logging of natural forests to supply the firewood needed by garment factories churning out products for international fashion brands.