Civil society groups and academics urged governments Thursday to take actual steps toward fulfilling a stalled pledge to end deforestation before this year's UN climate summit in the Brazilian Amazon.

Far from international forums and economical centers, locals in one of the Amazon deforestation hotspots seek alternatives to agribusiness and gold mines. Mongabay went to Pará state’s ...

The EU is responsible for about 10 per cent of global deforestation, primarily due to imports of palm oil. [Getty Images: Tahreer Photography] This article is part of our special report Europe’s ...