Destruction across the Amazon rainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the same period a year ago in a major turnaround for the region vital to curbing climate change ...

Brazilian officials have cordoned off a massive parcel of degraded land in the Amazon and leased it to a private carbon credit company to safeguard and restore.

The Amazon rainforest, often called the "lungs of the world", is facing a catastrophe of unimaginable scale - and those ...

Brazil’s innovative Amazon protection tools will be showcased at COP30, but surging wildfires pose a threat to their success ...

The country lost 2.7 percent of its Amazon rain forest in 2007, or 4,250 square miles. Environmental officials fear even more land will be razed this year - but they have not forecast how much.

South America Brazil, other Amazon rainforest countries to meet for the first time in 14 years over environmental threats The Amazon, which stretches across an area twice of India’s size, has ...

“The Hyundai announcement is extremely important, not only in Brazil but in the world,” said Danicley de Aguiar, Greenpeace Brazil’s Amazon forest campaigner.

That is in spite of destruction in Brazil falling 36%, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pursued aggressive conservation policies, particularly regarding the Amazon, Weisse said.

Wildfires in old-growth Amazon forest areas rose 152% in 2023, study shows The increase was confirmed by an analysis of satellite images, contrasting with a drop in deforestation and the total ...

How to Save the Amazon, which explores deforestation and degradation in the world’s largest rain forest, was published in ...

Deforestation in Colombia spiked by 43% in 2024, primarily affecting the Amazon region. This rise was attributed to forest fires exacerbated by climate change-induced droughts, according to ...

The destruction of crops in the Amazon region is expected to result in higher market prices due to their scarcity. In Peru alone, 30,000 hectares have been lost, which accounts for 50 percent of ...