Myanmar has banned lucrative logging operations as the newly-elected government of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi steps up a battle on deforestation, an environment official said on Thursday.

DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the international forest conservation scheme known as REDD+ first came to Tanzania in 2008, it brought hopes of slowing deforestation and curbing c

PHNOM PENH, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government would soon list five new forests with a total of about 950,000 hectares in the country's protected forest areas, officials said on Monday.

The Amazon has it bad, but the Cerrado may have it even worse. After all, at least you’ve actually heard of the Amazon.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called upon people to "collectively work" to conserve forests, saying more forests will lead to more water resources which will ultimately help farmers and fu

With over N676.8bn spent in international conservation funding to protect biodiversity and stop tropical deforestation in Africa since the early 1990s, the forest has gone down the more, a new stud

Dehradun: Chief minister Harish Rawat on Sunday directed the state forest department to impose a ban on religious feasts in areas that fall under national parks such as Rajaji National Park and Cor