Deforestation

Satellite view of cleared forest patches along the Amazon frontier

August 12, 2026

Amazon Deforestation Soars 92%: Brazil’s October 2026 Election Decides Future

Amazon deforestation jumped 92 percent in May 2025, with 51 percent of clearing in burned areas. Brazil's October 4, 2026 presidential vote decides forest protection and the 17 percent tipping margin.

Workers felling an evergreen forest tree in Arunachal Pradesh, India, as part of land diversion.

Environment·India·Policy

India’s Forest Crisis: 215K Hectares Approved, 62% Actually Cleared

India approved diversion of 215,943 hectares of forestland from 2014-15 to 2025-26, yet only 62 percent was actually cleared. Down To Earth's investigation reveals the gap between approval and The si.

August 12, 2026

Delhi Southern Ridge Gets 4,080-Hectare Shield After 31 Years As ‘Three Decades’ Delay Sparks Encroachment Concerns

Environment·Forest·India·News

Delhi Southern Ridge Forest Protection: 31-Year Journey to Legal Shield Skip to main content Environmental Milestone Delhi’s Southern Ridge: 31-Year Wait for Forest Protection

Amazon Stingless Bees: From 12 Boxes In 2010 To 20 Today—What Training Near The Tapajós Changed

Conservation·Indigenous·Latin America·Nature

Communities & Nature In the Amazon, Stingless Bees Provide a Sustainable Livelihood Beekeeping helps an Indigenous community near the Tapajós River earn income and

Researcher climbing a large tree trunk to take measurements in the dense Amazon rainforest, illustrating the fieldwork behind the study that found trees growing fatter due to increased carbon dioxide.

Climate·Conservation·Forest·Nature

Amazon Rainforest Trees Growing 3.2% Fatter Per Decade as Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise, 188 Forest Plots Show

Amazon rainforest trees have been quietly getting fatter over the past three decades, with their average size increasing by 3.2% every decade, according to a groundbreaking new study published in Nature Plants.

Govind Tekale

September 29, 2025

Tree stumps and partially cleared forest area near the Negro river in the Brazilian Amazon, showing deforestation with remaining forest visible in the background.

Climate·Forest·Latin America·Nature

Amazon Deforestation Causes 74.5% of Rainfall Decline, Critical 10-40% Forest Loss Threshold Identified

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is responsible for approximately 74.5% of the reduction in rainfall and 16.5% of the temperature increase during the dry season, according to a Nature Communications study published

Karmactive Team

September 15, 2025

Aerial view of Amazon rainforest edge bordering agricultural fields at sunrise or sunset, with mist flowing between the forest and cleared farmland, showing the distinct boundary between preserved and developed land.

Climate·Forest·Latin America

Amazon’s Varied Response to Threats Challenges Single Tipping Point Theory

The Amazon rainforest may be more resilient than previously thought, according to new research from Yale School of Environment. Scientists found no evidence of a single, basin-wide tipping point that would trigger

Karmactive Staff

August 29, 2025

Climate

Mass Timber Buildings Cut 39 Gigatons CO2 While Expanding Global Forests by 36.5M Hectares

Trees have long been known as nature’s carbon sponges. Now, building with wood might help fight climate change in a surprising new way. A Yale School of Environment study shows that replacing

Pritesh Gaikwad

August 6, 2025

Activism·Africa·Conservation·Latest·News

Tacugama Sanctuary Closes: Sierra Leone Loses 39% of Forests as Founder Protests ‘Land Grabbing’ Near Chimps

West Africa’s largest chimpanzee refuge has remained closed to tourists for more than two months. The Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, nestled in Sierra Leone’s Western Area Peninsula National Park, halted all tourism operations

Govind Tekale

August 5, 2025

Logs in a plantation in Canada (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Canada·News

BC Approves Logging in 5,700 Hectares of Caribou Habitat as Population Drops 51% Since 1991

Thousands of hectares of old-growth forest, home to B.C.’s endangered southern mountain caribou, are being cleared for logging despite warnings from scientists and conservation groups. New satellite data reveals the province has

Karmactive Staff

July 6, 2025

Forest·Nature·News

Forest Crisis: 420 Million Hectares Lost as Scientists Warn of Irreversible ‘Humpty Dumpty Effect’

A major new report reveals forests worldwide are approaching a dangerous breaking point from which recovery may be impossible. Scientists are calling this the “Humpty Dumpty Effect” – once forest systems collapse,

Govind Tekale

June 17, 2025

Representative image:- Forest fire in Bolivia- Photo Source:- Flicker (EU Protection Humanitarian Aid)

Climate·Disaster·Forest·World

Global Forest Loss Hits 6.7M Hectares in 2024 as Amazon Fires Surge

The world’s forests vanished at an unprecedented rate in 2024, with fires emerging as the biggest threat to tropical rainforests for the first time in recorded history. The loss was particularly severe

Karmactive Staff

May 22, 2025

Representative Image Rainforest, Photo Source: GRID-Arendal (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Asia·Forest·News

Indonesia’s Bioethanol Drive to Clear Belgium‑Sized 30,689 km² of Rainforest Sparks 315 Mt CO₂ Alarm

Indonesia’s forest conversion scheme for bioethanol production represents an ecological tipping point that forest scientists warn could unravel irreplaceable ecosystem services. The government’s plan targets clearing an area comparable to Belgium—approximately 30,689

Rahul Somvanshi

April 20, 2025

Black-and-white trail camera captured a fisher in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, marking the first recorded sighting in over a century. Photo Source: PixCams's post (Facebook)

USA·Wildlife

Rare Fisher Spotted in Murrysville: First Pennsylvania Sighting in Over a Century

A rare wild animal called a fisher now lives in Murrysville, Westmoreland County. Trail cameras caught clear pictures of this member of the weasel family, which disappeared from Pennsylvania over 100 years

Govind Tekale

February 19, 2025

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