Although the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) mentions slowing deforestation rates in its “State of the World’s ...

At its lowest level in the region for the past nine years in km2 *measured from the month of August to July in the year ...

In the Brazilian Amazon, workers use metal tubes to sow seedlings in rapid succession, as part of an effort to reforest the ...

Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that's a critical counterweight ...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest experienced its highest number of fires in 17 years in 2024, government data published last week ...

These results are being celebrated as a major win for conservationists and climate advocates. The Brazilian government, led ...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest experienced its highest number of fires in 17 years in 2024, government data published Wednesday ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires were set to more easily clear land to run cattle. The Amazon is twice the size of India and sprawls across ...

Authorities are also investigating the colonies since some of the land grab coincides with Indigenous communities. Satellite ...

Since the start of the 21st century, major planetary ecosystems, like the Amazon rainforest and Antarctica have consistently ...

Dry conditions were fueled by deforestation and the El Niño weather pattern, and made worse by climate change.