In 2024, the world lost 16.6 million acres of tropical primary rainforests, equivalent to a rate of 18 soccer fields per minute. The primary causes of forest degradation are logging activities, livestock …

May 29, 2025 · Today, the greatest amount of deforestation is occurring in tropical rainforests, aided by extensive road construction into regions that were once almost inaccessible.

Mar 21, 2025 · The scientific consensus on deforestation is that it intensifies climate change at a dramatic rate, making protecting tropical rainforests an essential part of achieving the climate goals …

Mar 30, 2007 · Tropical forests are home to half the Earth's species, and their trees are an immense standing reservoir of carbon. Deforestation will have increasingly serious consequences for …

Apr 9, 2025 · Few places across the globe are spared. While the most intense focus on the issue of deforestation has been on tropical locales, such as the Amazon rainforest and Congo Basin, the …

Sep 29, 2025 · Deforestation’s effects reach far beyond the people and animals where trees are cut. The South American rainforest, for example, influences regional and perhaps even global water cycles.

Dec 26, 2025 · Across major forest regions, deforestation slowed in some places but degradation, fire, conflict, and legacy damage continued to erode forest health, often in ways that standard metrics fail …

Jan 28, 2026 · According to a new study published in the journal Nature, the Amazon could reach a tipping point and experience major forest dieback (where large areas of the rainforest dry out and …

Heavy rainfall and high sunlight quickly damage the topsoil in clearings of the tropical rainforests. In such circumstances, the forest will take much longer to regenerate. The land will not be suitable for …

1 day ago · Forests are disappearing fast, and the effects go far beyond lost trees—learn how deforestation disrupts climate, water, soil, and wildlife.