The region near the triple border among the States of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondônia -known by the acronym Amacro- accounted for a quarter of all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last year.

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the ...

are nestled between the rural towns of Lábrea and Pauini in the south of Amazonas state. Both municipalities are hotspots for deforestation and wildfires as the Amazon’s “arc of deforestation ...

which serve as a barrier to deforestation. The protected nature of the region means there are at least four other isolated groups living in the southern Amazonas region, according to Priscilla ...

Nearly all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the past year was illegal, a new report finds. Between August 2023 and July 2024, 91% of forest clearing in the Amazon lacked authorization ...

Corporations have failed to stop deforestation. Can that change in time to save the Amazon rainforest? The situation is dire now, but there are also signs that businesses are beginning to find ...

The satellite images showed Brazil's most northern state, Roraima, covered in dark smoke, while neighboring Amazonas declared ... consequence of the increase in deforestation seen in recent ...

February 20, 2025 Colombia deforestation rose 35% in 2024, minister says Deforestation in Colombia rose 35% in 2024 from a 23-year low the previous year, fueled by an uptick in the Amazon region ...

Second, deforestation can cause the land surface to become relatively warm, triggering upward air flows and the formation of areas of low atmospheric pressure. Such ‘heat lows’ draw in ...