More than 100 countries pledged Tuesday to end deforestation in the coming decade — a promise that experts say would be critical to limiting climate change but one that has been made and broken before ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has fallen for the fourth straight year, the government said Thursday, a boost for the country just days before it hosts UN climate talks. Brazil is home to ...

Deforestation, rather than the burning of fossil fuels, is the main reason Brazil is the world's sixth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases.The Brazilian government said on Thursday that deforestation ...