As a devastating outbreak of Ebola spread to Tommy Garnett’s homeland of Sierra Leone in 2014, the conservationist had a hunch. Garnett long lamented the deforestation from farming, mining and logging ...

A new law in Colombia aims to address widespread impunity in cases of environmental crime and curb escalating rates of deforestation. The legislation, which took effect last August, comes at a time ...

The deforestation rate in Indonesia last year fell by 75% to its lowest level since monitoring began in 1990, according to the government. Officials attribute this mainly to government policies such ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. As a devastating outbreak of Ebola spread to Tommy Garnett’s ...