Deforestation Threatens Public Health. Securing Indigenous Land Rights Can Help, Researchers Find
Researcher reveals why once-frozen regions are turning green. "Greening sounds good compared to deforestation, but in the Arctic, the expansion of plant life amplifies dangerous feedback loops"
Deforestation could account for over a third of heat deaths in areas of tropical forest loss researchers find - EurekAlert!
How do we change the way we eat? "Global food systems generate about 30% of all greenhouse gases, mainly as methane emissions from cattle. Industrialized food systems are the biggest users of freshwater resources and the number-one driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss."
Amazon degradation increases by 163% in two years, while deforestation falls by 54% in the same period - EurekAlert!
Silent witnesses: corals pinpoint the start of deforestation in Borneo - EurekAlert!
Study uncovers high extinction risk for many Amazonian tree species. Among tree species in the Ecuadorian Amazon, 14% are critically endangered and 47% are endangered due to deforestation and also with complex relationships with other living organisms in their environment.
Deforestation reduces malaria bed nets' effectiveness
Deforestation is partly to blame for Amazon's worst-ever drought
Deforestation in the Amazon is driven more by domestic demand than by the export market - EurekAlert
Environmental laws failing to slow deforestation
Environmental laws failing to slow deforestation - EurekAlert
New European rules to curb deforestation have worrying flaws, scientists say
Rabies outbreaks in Costa Rica cattle linked to deforestation - EurekAlert
Rabies outbreaks in Costa Rica cattle linked to deforestation
In Brazil, 76% of deforestation in three Amazonian states occurred in a planned agricultural development zone - EurekAlert
Deforestation harms biodiversity of the Amazon's perfume-loving orchid bees
Deforestation harms biodiversity of the Amazon's perfume-loving orchid bees - EurekAlert
8 in 10 lizards could be at risk due to deforestation
Endangered Parrots Threatened By Deforestation And Climate Change
