Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon, the world’s biggest rain forest, more than doubled last month as farmers become more confident they’ll be granted amnesty for illegal logging.

To address this crisis, GFTN has been working with forestry companies in the Brazilian Amazon to assist their progress through the GFTN-tailored stepwise approach to achieve credible certification. By ...

The Trump administration said programs delivering benefits directly to Americans would not be affected. But Democratic Senator Ron Wyden said his office had confirmed that doctors in all 50 states ...

In June 2021, Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, resigned after the country’s Supreme Court suspected him of obstructing police investigations into illegal logging. The Court saw evidence ...

Paulo Paulino Guajajara worked to combat logging gangs in the Amazon A young indigenous land defender has been shot dead and another wounded by illegal loggers in Brazil's Amazon. Paulo Paulino ...

Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an area the size of Costa Rica over the next two years. In Brazil, vast forest lands are designated as public yet have ...

In November 2024, the exports of logs from Brazil soared 243% year-on-year to 88.5 thousand m3. Acco ...