The likelihood that you use products with palm oil is pretty high: the ingredient is in half of all products on supermarket shelves, in everything from ice cream and lipstick to shampoo and laundry ...

By John Cannon A recent scientific review of forest maps used to ensure compliance with the European Union’s Regulation on ...

The loss of the earth’s forest cover is disconcerting for many reasons: Forests house distinct ecosystems and sometimes, as in the Amazon, dwindling species; in vulnerable coastal areas, they provide ...

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) plans to roll out an interactive map showing the spread of plantations and roads in Indonesia’s Papua region. The region is home to some of the ...

There’s no single culprit responsible for deforestation: around the world, forest cover is lost because of fires, disease, logging, clear-cutting, and myriad other factors. And the environmental ...

Brazil’s National Statistics Office (IBGE) released a set of maps showing how farmers are converting the Amazon rainforest into cattle pasture and soybean farms. The maps show for the first time the ...

Forests around the world are disappearing at an astonishing rate. But now, these trees won't fall without a sound. A new map and website called Global Forest Watch provides the first near-real-time ...

There's no question that deforestation is a problem, as it affects everything from climate through to biodiversity. But gauging the severity of deforestation isn't easy -- simply measuring lost forest ...

Forests around the world are disappearing at an astonishing rate. But now, these trees won't fall without a sound. A new map and website called Global Forest Watch provides the first near-real-time ...