The move comes after investigations found illegal deforestation and water sourcing, along with violent coercion, in Mexico’s avocado region.

US demand for most of Mexico’s $3 billion avocado exports a year may have driven over 40,000 acres of deforestation in the country over the past decade, according to a report. Top providers to ...

The Mexican avocado industry is getting serious about ending deforestation brought about in part by the rapid growth of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEXICO CITY (AP) — With clever Super Bowl ...

With clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and apparently insatiable appetite from U.S. consumers, Mexico’s avocado producers have so far been able to separate avocados from the conflictive ...

The nature reserve announced recently and called the Great Mayan Jungle Biocultural Corridor would stretch across jungle ...

STORY: Drone footage recorded by Reuters captured an avocado orchard next to illegally deforested land in central Mexico. :: Madero, Michoacan, Mexico Local government officials say growing demand for ...

Demand in the United States for one popular food is driving deforestation in Mexico. Daniel Wilkinson, senior policy adviser at Climate Rights International, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss the ...

Western Mexico’s rapidly expanding shrimp farms, many of which are illegal, are contributing to the deforestation of the Pacific coast’s mangroves, an important habitat for jaguars. Satellite images ...

Demand in the United States for one popular food is driving deforestation in Mexico. Daniel Wilkinson, senior policy adviser at Climate Rights International, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss the ...

MEXICO CITY, (REUTERS) – Michoacan state, Mexico’s avocado heartland, launched a certification program on September 4 aimed at helping consumers in the US and other countries avoid those grown on ...

Mexico's $30 billion Tren Maya railway was built to unite the country and honor ancient Maya sites. Now that it’s up and running, the true cost of progress is finally becoming clear.