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Topic: Deforestation

A deforested and burnt area is seen on a stretch of the BR-230 (Transamazonian highway) in Humaitá, Amazonas State, Brazil, on September 16, 2022. (MICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Amazon deforestation continues to drop

Tik Root - Grist
Lush valley in the Columbian jungle (Getty Images/Cavan Images)

Why carbon offsets don't work: study

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Climate change activists take part in the international Strike for Climate protest in Los Angeles on May 24, 2019. (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

Ore. bill targets eco-activists

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
Brown bear on Baranof Island, Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska, USA. (Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Threats to Tongass National Forest

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva waves to supporters along with his wife Rosangela da Silva as they head toward the National Congress in Brasília for his inauguration as Brazil's president on Jan. 1, 2023. ( Andressa Anholete/Getty Images)

Lula's environmental challenge

Joaquim Salles - Grist
Officials from Para State, northern Brazil, inspect a deforested area in the Amazon rain forest during surveillance in the municipality of Pacaja, 620 km from the capital Belem, on September 22, 2021. (EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images)

Despite laws, deforestation not stopping

Maria Parazo Rose - Grist
(Leonardo Carrato/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Essential reads on issues in the Amazon

Jennifer Weeks - The Conversation
Brazilian former President (2003-2010) and candidate for the leftist Workers Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves at supporters while leaving the polling station, during the presidential run-off election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 30, 2022. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Lula vows to halt deforestation

Blanca Begert - Grist
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Officials from Para State, northern Brazil, inspect a deforested area in the Amazon rain forest during surveillance in the municipality of Pacaja, 620 km from the capital Belem, on September 22, 2021. (EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images)

Blanca Begert
(Leonardo Carrato/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

The world is losing way too many trees

Chad Small - Grist
Officials from Para State, northern Brazil, inspect a deforested area in the Amazon rain forest during surveillance in the municipality of Pacaja, 620 km from the capital Belem, on September 22, 2021. (EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images)

What happens if the Amazon desertifies?

Eric Schank
Aerial view of a deforested area in the municipality of Melgaco, Para State, Brazil, on July 30, 2020. (TARSO SARRAF/AFP via Getty Images)

Amazon harm linked to fashion brands

María Paula Rubiano A. - Grist
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Oil Palm Plantation in Malaysia (Getty Images/Nora Carol Photography)

Palm oil: world's most hated fat source

Jonathan E. Robins - The Conversation
Aerial view of a large soy field eating into the tropical rainforest in Brazil (<a href='url to photographer'>Frontpage</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Deforestation promises up in flames

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
(Leonardo Carrato/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

How much forest did we lose in 2020?

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
(Leonardo Carrato/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Ecosystem loss, pollution & COVID-19

Leanna First-Arai - Truthout
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(Getty/luoman)

Deforestation helps virus spread

Amy Y. Vittor, Gabriel Zorello Laporta, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum - The Conversation
A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

California’s "carbon market"

Maron Greenleaf - The Conversation
Aerial view of the Transamazonica Road (BR-230) near Medicilandia, Para State, Brazil on March 13, 2019. - According to the NGO Imazon, deforestation in the Amazonia increased in a 54% in January, 2019 (Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images)

Deforestation in the Amazon, explained

Catesby Holmes - The Conversation
FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2011 file photo, signs are displayed at the Cargill plant in Springdale, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File) (AP)

Is Cargill really ending deforestation?

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
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(Getty/luoman)

We don't need billionaires to save Earth

Kinari Webb, Jonathan Jennings
FILE - This Nov. 11, 2014 file photo shows a deforested area dotted with blue tarps, marking the area where miners reside, and craters filled with water, caused by illegal gold mining activities, in La Pampa, in Peru's Madre de Dios region. Peru's government declared an emergency across a broad jungle region because of mercury contamination, much of it caused by wildcat gold mining. Photographer Rodrigo Abd of The Associated Press and three other journalists in Brazil, Colombia and El Salvador won the 2016 Maria Moors Cabot Prize, which recognizes excellence in coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) (AP)

Tax havens skirt conservation efforts

Cassie Freund - Massive Science
(Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock)

Bornean orangutan pop. keeps falling

Alan Knight - Independent Media Institute
(AP Photo/Luiz Vasconcelos, Interfoto, File)

Regulation made farmers more productive

Rachael Garrett - The Conversation
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