6 Best Articles on Deforestation
The most useful articles on deforestation from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Deforestation Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on deforestation by Refind users in 2023 so far.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on deforestation—all under 10 minutes.
World’s central banks financing destruction of the rainforest
Corporate bonds intended to inject liquidity into markets profited companies engaged in deforestation
Indigenous peoples by far the best guardians of forests
Preserving Latin America’s forests is vital to fight the climate crisis and deforestation is lower in indigenous territories
Major fashion brands linked to deforestation in the Amazon, report finds
Obscure supply chains connect at least 100 companies to illegal logging and land clearing in Brazil.
In the Amazon, the World’s Largest Reservoir of Biodiversity, Two-Thirds of Species Have Lost Habitat to Fire…
As industrial agriculture, mining and logging have barreled across the Amazon rainforest in recent decades, fires and deforestation have dramatically reduced the habitat of tens of thousands of plant…
«“There’s so much illegality in the gold supply chain,” said Raoni Rajão, an associate professor at UFMG and one of the report’s authors.»
Time for some home truths about deforestation
A powerful French book punctures the myth that countries in the global south are largely responsible for habitat destruction, says science journalist Laura Spinney
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on deforestation.
Mapped: 30 Years of Deforestation and Forest Growth, by Country
Forests are the great carbon capturers of our planet, and they are a key source of wildlife habitats and vital resources for people around the world. But deforestation is threatening this natural…
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