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Tropical forests still under pressure despite slowdown in losses

Millions of hectares of tropical forest were destroyed in 2025, despite a slowdown in deforestation led by Brazil. Environmental experts say the drop shows governments can curb forest loss, but warn rainforests remain under pressure from agriculture, mining and fires.

Radio France Internationale

Brazil’s Atlantic forest records lowest deforestation in 40 years

Environmentalists hail decline but warn weakened laws could reverse gains

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Elegies for a changing land: how Ireland’s poets are responding to the climate crisis

Ireland has a unique relationship to climate change. The country has always relied on its pastoral landscapes for its national character, but the escalating climate crisis threatens this tradition because of rising temperatures and sea levels, and deforestation. Given Irish literature’s continued interest in nature, contemporary Irish poets are tackling…

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Gold rush fuels Amazon deforestation and mercury poisoning in Brazil’s protected areas

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination

The Independent UK

Child labour, exploitation and deforestation: Is this the true taste of chocolate?

“Let's compete at shelf but let's collaborate in the supply chain,” the CEO of Tony’s Chocolonely told Euronews.

Euronews

US lawmakers urge EU not to water down deforestation law ahead of review

After meeting US Ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder on Monday, Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall said the top priority is to ensure the bloc’s anti-deforestation rules address the global challenge of deforestation, while continuing to support implementation and provide further clarification.

Euronews

‘Stonehenge of the Amazon’ reveals secret of who lived in the rainforest before colonisation

These discoveries reinforce a growing understanding that the Amazon was far from a ‘human desert’ before colonisation

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Marina Silva steps down as Brazil’s environment minister to run for Congress

Marina Silva is stepping down as Brazil’s environment minister so that she can run for Congress in national elections

The Independent UK

Chopping down areas of tropical rainforest is causing rising temperatures linked to thousands of deaths

Tropical forests are hot, steamy places. But when large numbers of trees are cut down, they get even hotter. Our recent research shows that clearing large areas of the rainforest exposes hundreds of millions of people to higher temperatures, increasing heat stress (when the body’s way of controlling temperature fails)…

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Cocoa farmers cut down trees for short-term gain, but keeping them is important – here’s why

The price of most chocolate bars has gone up worldwide in the past year, after cocoa bean prices rose dramatically in 2024.

The Conversation

The silver lining in Europe’s deforestation law delay: A chance to build fairer supply chains

When you reach for a “palm-oil-free” label at the supermarket, you likely feel you’re doing your part to save orangutans and protect biodiversity. However, the reality behind that label is more complex than it appears.

The Conversation

Tourist visits to Madagascar help conserve some forests, but others suffer: study suggests what to do

Madagascar is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. The island country is well known for its diverse and endangered range of wildlife. This includes over 100 species of lemurs and six species of majestic baobab trees found nowhere else.

The Conversation

Through the lens: the beauty of the Congo Basin and its fragile future

The Congo Basin rainforest is the world’s largest carbon sink, absorbing more carbon dioxide than the Amazon. Often described as Africa’s “green lung”, it helps regulate the global climate, with peatlands that lock away huge amounts of carbon. But the region is under pressure from deforestation, industrial logging and plans…

Radio France Internationale

‘Environmental time bomb’: Illegal luxury mansions replace rainforests in this UNESCO national park

An investigation reveals that Sierra Leone officials facilitated the illegal building of luxury homes in a key national park.

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The Independent UK

Sierra Leone officials facilitated illegal mansion-building in a key national park

An investigation shows that illegal luxury mansions have been built in a Sierra Leone national park that serves as an environmental buffer for its capital

The Conversation

How shaming unethical brands makes companies improve their behaviour

Recent investigations have uncovered forced labour in agricultural supply chains, illegal fishing feeding supermarket freezers, deforestation embedded in everyday food products, and unsafe conditions in factories producing “sustainable” fashion. These harms were not visible on labels. They surfaced only when journalists, whistleblowers or activists exposed them.

Radio France Internationale

Madagascar’s ‘people of the forest’ confront life beyond the woods

The Zafimaniry people of Madagascar are confronting a difficult choice about their future as deforestation and globalisation reshape their way of life. Fewer than 15,000 members of this forest-based community live in the “land of mist” on the southern edge of the country’s central highlands, where decades of heavy deforestation…

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The E.U. Wants 'Deforestation-Free' Products. Consumers May Pay the Cost.

In its effort to protect global forests, the E.U. is imposing complex tracking requirements that could raise prices and create new trade hurdles.

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Why the Harpy Eagle Chick Spotted in Brazil Has the World Holding Its Breath

Deep inside Brazil’s dense rainforests, high above the forest floor where human eyes rarely reach, a moment unfolded that quietly rewrote hope for one of the world’s most powerful yet vulnerable birds. A harpy eagle chick was spotted alive in its nest, clinging to life in a world that has…

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Weakening the soy moratorium in Brazil: a political choice that ignores the science

In the first days of 2026, the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE), which represents the largest soybean traders in Brazil, announced its withdrawal from the Amazon soy moratorium.

The Guardian - UK

UK supermarkets push for Amazon soy safeguards after traders abandon ban

European retailers urge traders to adhere to commitments after Brazilian lawmakers wreck forest protection pact

The Guardian - UK

EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively ‘dismantled’

Law’s original author points to removal of obligations for downstream traders to verify origin of commodities

The Guardian - UK

Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’

The Guardian - US

How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy

Joesley Batista is credited as a major force behind the reconciliation between Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

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'Not ready': investors chop down deforestation action

National Australia Bank shareholders have rejected resolutions related to deforestation, but its chairman says he has concerns about the practice.

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