Brazil’s president has slashed forest and indigenous protections in his first 100 days. As a major importer of soya and beef, the EU should check his power
The $2,500 fine launched a seven year vendetta against José Olímpio Augusto Morelli and the agency that protects the Amazon, from the man who now runs the country
By 2045, Indonesians could be as wealthy as those of the Netherlands or Germany today if green policies are chosen, a government report found
Deforestation-linked stocks cannot be counted towards renewable targets, commission rules, but green group angered by small farm loophole
Indonesia and Malaysia say the EU measure will unfairly disadvantage their crops, while environmentalists worry it won’t be tough enough on deforestation
Roberto Azevêdo says he hasn’t ‘seen one, single credible study’ showing environmental impact of trade. He could start with the WTO’s own work
Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia all face a year of political flux placing their vast rainforests in peril
Presenting an acceptable Brazil to global investors, the president failed to mention measures he has taken that are already fuelling violence in indigenous lands
In first overseas speech, president says he will strike balance between environment and “much-needed economic development”
After months of rhetoric and speculation, what Jair Bolsonaro will actually deliver for Brazil’s people and the Amazon will hinge on these questions
As part of broader thawing of relations, the north and south are working together in the fight against a tree-killing worm
Indications that Britain’s new environmental watchdog will be government-funded raise questions about its independence, the National Audit Office said
As massive fires burn in the centre of Chile, dry, windy predictions for the summer mean 70,000 hectares could be lost, the government warns
Ricardo de Aquino Salles, a close ally of farming interests, was named as minister on Sunday, he said the conversation about global warming was ‘secondary’
Only an ambitious policy, backed by technologies that remove carbon from the air, can bring the EU in line with the Paris Agreement temperature goals
The Congo rainforest is a hugely important carbon reservoir, yet the people who live there are often excluded from conversations about how to manage it
New French strategy puts pressure on Brussels to set an EU-wide action plan to stop agricultural trade destroying forests
Loss of forest cover jumped almost 50% during the election campaign, in anticipation of looser environmental regulations
Finance to be ‘very important’ tool if Brazil’s government strips Amazon protections, say researchers
The election of Jair Bolsonaro is the most critical new threat to efforts to control climate change