Afro-descendant peoples in four Amazon countries show remarkable achievements in environmental stewardship, according to new research from Conservation International, published in Nature ...

The accelerated degradation of the Brazilian Amazon, primarily due to fires, has overshadowed the significant reduction in ...

Daringbadi: Awareness about environment conservation is growing among indigenous communities in the tribal-dominated region ...

The study focused specifically on recognized Afro-descendant lands in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname. Afro-descendant peoples in these countries hold management rights on 9.9 million ha of ...

Cell Press. (2016, July 28). Effects of past tropical deforestation will be felt for years to come. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 07 ...

But the risks from deforestation go even wider. Trees absorb and store carbon dioxide. If forests are cleared, or even disturbed, they release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Forest loss ...

Deforestation in the tropics is an even more important factor in the climate cycle than previously thought —including changes in the circulation of heat and water— according to a new study ...

The accelerated degradation of the Brazilian Amazon, primarily due to fires, has overshadowed the significant reduction in deforestation from 2022 to ...

Their findings indicate that past deforestation will result in the extinction of 140 vertebrate species. The authors say emissions and extinctions could be prevented through restoration.

A new report reveals the alarming environmental consequences of illegal mining in South Africa, including the use of ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell almost 10% in May from the previous year, preliminary government data showed on Wednesday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration ...

But since then deforestation has been on the increase, with the highest rate of deforestation in a decade recorded in 2018. In an emergency response to the scale and intensity of the current Amazon ...