Corporations Join Norway in Creating $400M Rainforest Fund

Corporate giants have joined the Norwegian government in creating a fund to find deforestation in Brazil.

Borneo's Vanishing Forests: Palm Oil Farming

Demand for palm oil is expected to more than double by 2030. For mindful consumers weary of contributing to environmental degradation, it is increasingly difficult to avoid. One estimate suggests that more than 50 percent of all supermarket products contain it in one form or another.

Diet key to feeding the world in 2050 without further deforestation, modelling suggests

A vegetarian diet and lower meat consumption could be the key to meeting global food demands without clearing more forests for farmland, according to new research.

Indonesian president announces plan to halt palm oil industry expansion

Indonesian president Joko Widodo said he would halt the expansion of the mining and palm oil industries, likely this year, to curb rainforest deforestation.

Massive deforestation found in Brazil's Cerrado

Agricultural expansion in Brazil's Cerrado is quickly chewing up rainforests and savannas -- even altering the region's water cycle, a new study finds.