Brazil's Supreme Court sided with Amazonian Indians in a land dispute that some have called critical for determining the future of the rainforest that sprawls the size of Western Europe and provides a critical cushion against global warming.

Burger-crazy America imports over 200 million pounds of beef from Central America every year. Grazing land is needed, and the only way for grazing land to appear in a densely forested region is from clear-cutting the rainforest.

Farmers, speculators, and ranchers set vast areas ablaze to prepare for the 2008 growing season. A new satellite system provides a more detailed look at forest degradation and may help Brazil stop deforestation before it occurs.

Vote for the Earth by turning off the lights at 8:30 p.m., March 28, 2009, for one hour--Earth Hour--to raise awareness and take action to fight climate change. Send a letter of support too!

Over 200 protesters have won their fight against plans to build houses in an area rich in wildlife.

If human civilization is to have a realistic chance of surviving global climate change, President Barack Obama and mobilized citizens will have to lead a virtual revolution in America's approach to the issue.

Tell the U.S. House to pass the the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act next week; legislation that will be the largest expansion of the wilderness system in 15 years - including the eight years of environmental degradations under the Bush Administration.

The Supreme Court has fined officials of the Uttar Pradesh forest department and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for illegally felling thousands of trees and beginning construction work.

The State of the World's Forests report released Monday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said most of the deforestation has taken place in South America, Africa and the Caribbean.

U.S. activists: Urge the Obama administration to heed the lessons of the Exxon Valdez and remove Alaska's sensitive, wildlife-rich waters from an offshore drilling plan.