Activists protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in October in front of a mural painted with ashes from the fires ravaging the country. The mural, by Brazilian artist Mundano, was unveiled with a demand that ...

Brazil on Thursday released revised statistics showing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest surpassed 10,000 square kilometers (3,860 square miles) in the year to July 2019, the highest in more than ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's rainforest has jumped around 67% in the first seven months of the year, according to preliminary data from Brazil's space research agency, which the ...

A new report by Brazilian nonprofit Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV) states that Casino Group’s beef supply chain could be linked to up to 526,459 hectares (about 1.3 million acres) of deforestation in ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is costing two of Brazil's most important hydro-electric power plants (HPPs) yearly energy generation on par with the electricity consumption of 1.5 million people.

Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon increased by a record 25 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2020, official data released Friday showed, increasing pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro to ...

Officials in the U.S. Trade Representative’s office are raising concerns about whether Brazil is doing enough to prevent deforestation as they pursue a Section 301 investigation into the South ...

By Lucas Berti Since 2023, Brazil has been pushing a new idea to finance the conservation of global tropical forests: Instead of directly donating money to Indigenous and conservation groups, nations ...

The United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) Office took to social media to celebrate Earth Day, but with a twist. In honor of Earth Day, the Trump administration outlined a list of 10 “unfair ...

July 15 (UPI) --The Amazon rainforest -- considered one of the world's most important climate regulators -- continues to face serious threats in 2025. New data show that pressure on the ecosystem has ...