satellite-derived deforestation maps, and species range information spanning from 2001 to 2015. By integrating forest loss data with comprehensive maps of species ranges, the researchers were able ...

In the past, intact forests absorbed 7.8 billion metric tons of CO2 annually—about a fifth of all human emissions—but their ...

Learn about what threatens the wet, layered forest and what you can do to help. 2 min read More than half of Earth’s rain forests have already been lost due to the human demand for wood and ...

In New Guinea, secondary roads contributed to 22.2 times more forest loss, and in the Brazilian Amazon they led to 305.2 times more deforestation and degradation compared with primary roads.

This development interrupts a decade-long trend of declining deforestation rates, according to the Forestry Ministry. Agus Budi Santosa, the ministry’s director for forest resource inventory and ...