For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

In some cases, deforestation has led to the extinction of certain species, such as Spix’s Macaw and Eastern Puma. Deforestation causes a domino effect worldwide, including climate change ...

In committing to " no deforestation" policies, the supermarket Boards have missed a golden opportunity to push back on the activist groups trying to make it harder to produce beef by reinforcing the ...

BANGKOK : Deforestation in Indonesia rose in 2024 for a third year running, a local environmental NGO said today based on ...

putting freshwater species at risk, he said. In South America, the vast Amazon River ecosystem also faces threats from deforestation, wildfires and illegal gold mining, Charvet said. Illegal fires ...

the wealth of biodiversity found in certain forests includes species that could yield pharmaceutical breakthroughs in the future. These assets would be obliterated by mass deforestation ...

Indonesia’s deforestation is once again rising after several years of decline, with 2024 marking the highest rate since 2021.

A new report says the expansion of nickel mining in Indonesia is a threat to one of Earth's most biodiverse marine regions.

The report from NGO Auriga Nusantara says 261,575ha of primary and secondary forests were lost across Indonesia in 2024, over ...

The report also sounds the alarm on deforestation for biomass production, which has seen forest levelled to plant quick-growing species that will provide wood biomass. Indonesia is keen to boost ...