Deforestation
5 reasons companies are collaborating to end deforestation
Working together can help balance the sometimes seemingly conflicting goals of economic growth, social development and environmental protection. Read More
Forest certification remains a key weapon in the fight to save forests
Some estimates suggest that up to 30 percent of all timber traded globally may be illegally harvested. Read More
17 organizations feeding the world through regenerative agriculture
Re-building resilience, one community at a time. Read More
How leveraging social norms can promote ethical timber use
People love trees and know that deforestation is harmful. So how do we truly put an end to it? Read More
How sustainable forest certification has failed
Critics say it's too easy for the timber industry to exploit loopholes. Plus, the process isn't reaching a major contributor to tropical deforestation: agricultural organizations. Read More
Can artificial intelligence thwart forest losses in the Congo?
The research could inform future land-use decisions. Read More
Investors can calm western wildfires
A new network has bonded together to use finance to weaken the devastation of forest fires. Read More
Collaboration helps reforestation take root
More than 190 governments, businesses and civil society organizations have committed to ending commodity-driven deforestation by 2020. Read More
In California, conservationists face off with vineyard owners
It's vines versus old-growth forests, a biodiversity debate with consequences for steelhead trout, mountain lions and spotted owls. Read More
GM, Michelin put brakes on deforestation linked to rubber
Deforestation has accelerated in the rubber producing countries of Southeast Asia to feed global demand for tires. But Michelin and now General Motors have launched zero deforestation rubber procurement policies. Read More
