New research suggests that the loss of forest habitat increases contact between humans and nonhuman primates — and therefore the transmission of diseases from animals to humans, as with coronavirus ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Maria Gorete, who just began ranching three years ago, is doing something new with her 76 head of cattle in the Brazilian countryside near the town of Novo Repartimento. She’s ...

The forests around the ancient Lake Poso in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province are being lost to mining, oil palm plantations and smallholder farm expansion, threatening both unique species and ...

In a groundbreaking move, stingless bees in Peru's Amazon rainforest have been granted legal rights, becoming the world's ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who ...

This Tuesday April 22, we will celebrate Earth Day by reducing our driving, reusing shopping bags, and cutting back on consumption of animal products. A 2023 study in the respected journal Nature Food ...

The indri lemur is native to Madagascar, and one of the largest lemur species. Read here to learn more about their haunting ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Research shows at least half of Pará's cattle are reared on illegally deforested land JBS Global is supplying 2 million ...

A new report links forestry giant Royal Golden Eagle’s pulp supply chain to the clearance of 5,565 hectares (13,751 acres) of natural forest in Indonesian Borneo between 2020 and 2024, despite the ...