A new study finds that illegal logging, coupled with weak state-run timber licensing systems, has led to massive timber harvesting fraud in Brazil, resulting in huge illicit harvests of Ipê trees.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Greenpeace says the illegal logging of a Brazilian tree is causing "irreversible damage" to the Amazon rain forest. The environmental group said Tuesday that flaws in the licensing ...

Demand for wood from ipê trees in the Amazon Basin could lead to their extinction if better international trade regulations aren’t implemented soon, according to a new report from Forest Trends. Ipê ...