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Deforestation for soy production in the Bolivian Amazon and Chaco. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

New initiative aims to jump-start stalled drive toward zero deforestation

Sarah Sax 19 Jul 2019

Cargill rejects Cerrado soy moratorium, pledges $30 million search for ideas

Sarah Sax 10 Jul 2019

Land thieves ramp up deforestation in Brazil’s Jamanxim National Forest

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 4 Jul 2019

New tool helps monitor forest change within commodities supply chains

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Jun 2019

Despite a decade of zero-deforestation vows, forest loss continues: Greenpeace

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jun 2019

Climate change threatens to water down Cerrado’s rich biodiversity: Study

Sarah Sax 4 Jun 2019

Chinese banks risk supporting soy-related deforestation, report finds

John Cannon 30 May 2019

New report examines drivers of rising Amazon deforestation on country-by-country basis

Mongabay.com 23 May 2019

Former Brazilian enviro ministers blast Bolsonaro environmental assaults

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 23 May 2019

UK supermarkets implicated in Amazon deforestation supply chain: report

Sarah Sax 13 May 2019

China, EU, US trading with Brazilian firms fined for Amazon deforestation: report

Karla Mendes 6 May 2019
Monsanto Lasso herbicide to be sprayed on food crops showing proper protective gear. Photo courtesy of the USDA

Bolsonaro administration authorizes 150+ pesticides in first 100 days

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 2 May 2019

EU holds the key to stop the ‘Notre Dame of forests’ from burning (commentary)

Claire Wordley 30 Apr 2019

Amazon could be biggest casualty of US-China Trade war, researchers warn

Sarah Sax 16 Apr 2019

How a sheriff in Brazil is using satellites to stop deforestation

Jenny Gonzales 12 Apr 2019
Tropical rainforest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

EU consumption drives ‘import’ of tropical deforestation

Carinya Sharples 11 Apr 2019

Indonesia’s threat to exit Paris accord over palm oil seen as cynical ploy

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Apr 2019

Brazil soy trade linked to widespread deforestation, carbon emissions

Claire Asher 3 Apr 2019

Cargill pledges to stop forest to farmland conversions, but no results yet for the Cerrado

Sarah Sax 29 Mar 2019

Video: Scientists surprised to discover tiny toadlets can glow

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Mar 2019

Hard news from the Soft Commodities Forum (commentary)

David Cleary 21 Mar 2019

Companies to miss 2020 zero-deforestation deadline, report says

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Mar 2019

Bolsonaro on the move: International meetings push agribusiness agenda

Jenny Gonzales 20 Mar 2019

Brazil’s key deforestation drivers: Pasture, cropland, land speculation

Alicia Prager 19 Mar 2019
Drone view of Chiquitano forest recently deforested on the edge of the Bolivian Amazon for soy production. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Investors warn soy giants of backlash over deforestation in South America

James Fair 18 Mar 2019
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Europe, in bid to phase out palm biofuel, leaves fans and foes dismayed

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2019

New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction

John Cannon 15 Mar 2019
Camera trap image showing a jaguar on a road at San Miguelito. Courtesy of Duston Larsen.

Can jaguar tourism save Bolivia’s fast dwindling forests?

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Mar 2019

Saving the Cerrado: Six commodities traders to disclose supply chain data

Alicia Prager 7 Mar 2019

Without indigenous leadership, zero-deforestation policies will fail (commentary)

Malika Virah-Sawmy, Tiago Reis 5 Mar 2019

Brazil’s New Forest Code puts vast areas of protected Amazon forest at risk

Claire Asher 4 Mar 2019

Brazil wants to legalize agribusiness leasing of indigenous lands

Jenny Gonzales 21 Feb 2019

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