Deforestation

Result hailed as a major boost for Amazon protection and global climate action, as President fights back from first round defeat to claim historic fourth term

Hidden costs of nature-harming subsidies to governments and society up to 12 times larger than the subsidies themselves, study finds

Damning report urges banking sector to strengthen nature safeguarding policies and calls on governments to tighten regulations ahead of COP17 Summit

Right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro secures 47 per cent of the vote to President Lula's 45 per cent in the first round of Brazil’s Presidential Election

WWF warns parts of the Amazon previously considered resilient to climate impacts may now be under growing threat

Neither legal loopholes nor remote satellite algorithms will protect tropical ecosystems on their own, writes Priscillia Moulin from responsible sourcing specialist MosaiX

A report by Global Witness alleges hundreds of banks collectively loaned an estimated $31bn to deforestation-linked companies operating in Indonesia's palm oil sector

Deforestation since 2001 has put around a trillion dollars in social health and pharmaceutical value at risk, Zero Carbon Analytics finds

Plus, steep decline in rainforest burning in Brazil's Amazon, the EV charging rollout is going steady in Europe, and bio-based chemicals plant plans are unveiled in Portugal

Greenpeace has petitioned a Dutch court to force JBS to divulge details behind expansion plans, which the campaign group claims pose major threat to the climate, the environment, and human rights