The East African coastal forests, ranked among the top-ten most threatened biodiversity hotspots in the world, are particularly vulnerable. The effects of climate change are already apparent on the ...

Understanding Deforestation Deforestation is an ongoing environmental issue that involves the large-scale clearance or ...

Fragmentation occurs over time as deforestation proceeds, and tracking biodiversity change as deforestation and fragmentation progress is rare. Instead, scientists often compare patterns of ...

In the last 75 years we have cut down over half of the world's rainforests. Scientists estimate that 32,000 hectares of rainforest are destroyed each day.

Deforestation refers to the large-scale removal of trees and forested areas, often to make way for agricultural activities like cattle ranching and palm oil plantations. The consequences are severe, ...

Governments last week reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year to better protect the world’s flora and fauna by 2030.

Conclusion Pests are just one of the problems faced by Ugandan coffee farmer John Kagwa Tujjunge. Spraying pesticides on them ...

While Americans were whipping up bowls of guacamole in anticipation of the Super Bowl, they might have missed another big ...

The project, which has been under consideration since 2012 as a way of easing traffic in the capital of Para state, has also drawn criticism from conservationists and local communities who warned of ...