By Shanna Hanbury If you are caught cutting down the Amazon Rainforest illegally, chances are you will get off without being ...

Juan Camilo Cerón stands with some of the nitrogen-fixing trees at El Hatico ... rainforests they have to be accompanied by government regulations that penalize deforestation, as well as enforcement, ...

Ultimately, the aim is to do away with deals between processors and producers that aren’t adhering to Mexico’s sweeping anti-deforestation law. Grist thanks its sponsors. Become one.

But don’t worry, there is still time for us to slow down and stop deforestation! If we preserve and repair these habitats, we will protect our endangered species, absorb more carbon dioxide and ...

The research team found that, taken together, all the cutting over the study period amounted to 186,000 hectares of deforestation over 14 locations, both on private and protected lands.