ACCRA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at ...

BRUSSELS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of delaying the implementation of the European Union's deforestation law by one year. Companies will have an ...

The Parliament's right-wing majority has secured a one-year pause in the application of new regulations meant to protect vulnerable woodland. The European Parliament approved a revision of the EU ...

The European Parliament supported a one-year delay to a landmark law to curb deforestation across the world and sought to soften compliance requirements that have raised concerns about the measure’s ...

In 2024, the DRC experienced an uptick in primary forest loss, with 590,000 hectares of forest lost, according to satellite data visualized on Global Forest Watch. Subsistence agriculture continues to ...

A farm in the village of Gbordoi, Bong County, Liberia, cleared in 2024. Rice has been planted while the farmer waits for cocoa to grow. Global Witness An investigation by Global Witness links some of ...

EU countries have backed a proposal to stop the clock on deforestation rules for an additional year and to include a clause that would allow the legislation to be reopened for further changes by April ...

European Union nations are pushing for a one-year delay to a landmark law to curb deforestation across the world, while seeking to soften requirements that have raised concerns about its bureaucratic ...

Today the Council adopted its negotiating mandate on a targeted revision of the EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). The aim is to simplify the implementation of the existing rules and ...

BRUSSELS — European Union member countries on Wednesday agreed to delay and cut back the bloc's flagship anti-deforestation law, setting up a clash with the European Commission over how far to push ...

Global demand for a handful of agricultural commodities—from your morning coffee to a piece of chocolate—is the single largest driver of deforestation and habitat loss across the planet. As ...

November 17 - More than 30 years after the world first came together in Brazil to tackle climate change, global temperatures are still rising and so is impatience with talk over action. Citizens ...