Natural resources must be ‘part of the solution’ in fight against deforestation

Between 2010 and 2018, the rate of deforestation worldwide slowed by nearly 30 percent compared to the previous ten years, according to a key report launched on Tuesday by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The great Amazon land grab – how Brazil’s government is turning public land private, clearing the way for deforestation

Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also imagine that, working with federal politicians, they change the law to downsize the park by a million acres, which they sell in a private auction.