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New satellite data from the University of Maryland and World Resources Institute, released April 29, show tropical primary forest loss fell 36% in 2025 from 2024's record — Brazil cut non-fire primary loss 41% to its lowest level on record.
Seattle-based Mast Reforestation sold out all 4,277 credits in its first biomass-burial carbon removal batch, priced through Puro.earth, with buyers including Bain & Company, BMO and RBC — a boost for forest-fire restoration finance.
The monarch butterfly overwintering population in Mexico increased by 64%, occupying 7.24 acres of forest — the largest population recovery since 2018, with forest degradation also declining.
The Manx Wildlife Trust planted 30,000 native trees at Creg y Cowin on the Isle of Man, expanding from an original 70-acre goal to 100 acres of restored temperate rainforest in one of Britain's rarest habitats.
Thailand has completed a 120-kilometer protected wildlife corridor linking five national parks in the Western Forest Complex, enabling wild elephant herds to migrate safely between fragmented habitats for the first time in decades.
Monarch butterfly colonies covered 2.93 hectares of oyamel fir forest in central Mexico this winter, up 64% from the previous year. It is the largest coverage area documented since 2018, driven by favorable weather conditions.
The monarch butterfly population in Mexico's overwintering forests increased by 64%, with colonies covering 2.93 hectares of oyamel fir forest — up from 1.79 hectares the previous year.
Chile is pressing ahead with plans to create Cape Froward National Park, spanning 150,000 hectares of subantarctic forests, peatlands, and coastline at the southern tip of the Americas.
Brazil's national space research institute INPE reported that deforestation in the Amazon rainforest fell by 50% in 2023 compared to the previous year, the sharpest annual decline in decades, following the restoration of environmental enforcement under President Lula.
Brazil hosted COP30 in Belém — the first UN climate summit in the Amazon — and launched the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a new funding platform that rewards countries for maintaining their forests.
Brazil reaches a historic milestone by planting one billion native trees across degraded Amazon land since 2023, restoring an area the size of Belgium.
Brazil and partners launched the Tropical Forest Forever Facility ahead of COP30 — a multibillion-dollar initiative that rewards countries for keeping forests standing and channels funding directly to Indigenous Peoples and local communities who are the true stewards of forest landscapes.
In the lead-up to COP30, Brazil and partners launched the Tropical Forest Forever Facility — a multibillion-dollar initiative that rewards countries for keeping forests standing and channels funding directly to Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
The largest seagrass restoration project in history is creating vast underwater meadows that capture carbon 35 times faster than tropical rainforests.
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has dropped to its lowest level in 15 years, thanks to stronger enforcement and Indigenous-led conservation efforts.
Large-scale seagrass restoration projects are succeeding worldwide, reviving underwater meadows that capture carbon 35 times faster than tropical rainforests.
Conservation organizations are using drones to plant trees in hard-to-reach areas, potentially revolutionizing the expansion and restoration of temperate rainforests.
The Chilean government is creating the Cape Froward national park, spanning 150,000 hectares of subantarctic forests and coastline, completing a 2,800km wildlife corridor.
The planet's oldest bee species and primary pollinator in the Amazon rainforest has been granted legal rights — a world first for any insect.
New data shows global deforestation rates dropped sharply in 2025, with Brazil's Amazon seeing its lowest destruction levels in years and Indonesia continuing its downward trend.
The UN FAO reported that deforestation has slowed in every world region over the past decade, with annual forest loss dropping from 17.6 million to 10.9 million hectares.
Brazil's Amazon rainforest saw deforestation drop by 50% compared to the previous year, reaching the lowest levels since 2018.
