deforestation Archives

Ground level view of sunlight coming in through tall trees illuminating foggy mossy rocks on the forest floor

Faith, folklore and forests: why policy needs culture

Perspective / Conservationist policies could be more effective if they respected the spiritual beliefs that already guide forest use, preserve biodiversity and livelihoods.

24 October 2026 / About Ecosystems and Forests

Freshly harvested palm fruits at a palm oil plantation in Luwu Timur, Indonesia.

Two-thirds of palm oil deforestation in Indonesia linked to domestic demand

Press release / New Trase data analysis highlights the need for stronger supply chain transparency as domestic demand grows and export data gaps widen.

13 October 2026 / About Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Lone cattle roam dry, degraded areas cleared for pastures from the Amazon rainforest.

Beyond the “supply chain” framing: cattle ranching as a vanishing mediator of deforestation and dispossession in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon

Journal article / This research explores how cattle ranching shapes the transition from forest frontiers to large-scale agriculture in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon.

24 September 2026 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

A skidder extracts a logged tree from the Jari region, in northern Pará, illustrating within-forest disturbance caused by selective logging.

Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration

Journal article / This research compares the biodiversity, carbon and cost-effectiveness of forest protection, disturbance avoidance and restoration in the Brazilian Amazon.

18 September 2026 / About Finance and Forests

Forest landscape in the Tapajós National Forest in the state of Pará, Brazil.

Amazonian study identifies most effective ways of conserving biodiversity and carbon

Press release / As El Niño intensifies across the Amazon, new research in Science highlights the urgent need to better protect the region’s remaining forests from disturbances.

17 September 2026 / About Climate policy, Finance, Forests and Geopolitics

Amazonian woman rows Rio Negro river in rain

Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia

Journal article / This research examines how climate extremes are changing across Amazonia, identifying patterns in temperature and water deficit across seasons and locations.

10 September 2026 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Forests

Jaú River near the Cachoeira community in Jaú National Park in the Amazonas state, Brazil.

As El Niño looms, study finds rapid growth in climate extremes are hitting an unexpected region of the Amazon hardest

Press release / A new study with over 50 scientists, led by Lancaster University, reveals that Amazonia is experiencing rapid growth in extreme temperatures and water stress.

9 September 2026 / About Climate services, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests and Geopolitics

Coffee plantation in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Just 10 traders control 35% of global coffee exports

Press release / New data from Trase reveals that the majority of the coffee imported globally comes from companies that supply the European market.

1 September 2026 / About Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests, Geopolitics and Supply chains

Crops and forests on the slopes of Mount Elgon, Uganda

Small-scale farmers critical to curbing deforestation linked to forest-risk commodities

Journal article / This study examines the role of different farm sizes in forest-risk commodity production and the implications for implementing the EU Deforestation Regulation.

21 August 2026 / About Food and agriculture and Forests