Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through ...

Indonesia is clearing forests at a rapid pace with military assistance in one of its most biodiverse regions for a ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane highway ahead of an upcoming climate summit. Belém, which is set to host the ...

American demand for tropical wood that is used in motor homes, conservationists say, is accelerating the disappearance of some of the world’s largest forests. American demand for tropical wood that is ...

Udayapur, Oct. 30 -- Four years after 105 hectares of forest were cleared for the proposed Sagarmatha Airport in Udayapur, the project site remains an open grassland, serving as a grazing ground for ...

The world is losing vast swaths of forests to agriculture, logging, mining and fires every year — more than 20 million acres in 2024 alone, roughly the size of South Carolina. That’s bad news because ...

The Assam government on Tuesday completed an eviction drive to clear alleged encroachment from around 6,200 bighas (nearly 830 hectares) of land in Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary, affecting 710 ...