SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — The three countries that are home to more than half of the world’s tropical rainforests — Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo — are pledging to ...

In the 1950s, Brazil found a use for it. The nation, leaping into the global economy, decided to construct a new capital city, a monument to Brazilian progress, in the center of the country.

A rainforest is a tropical or subtropical forest that receives high amounts of precipitation. Typically found near the Earth's equator, where there is high rainfall and warm temperatures ...

The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It is spread across nine countries in South America - Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana ...

Brazil has secured its place as the most biodiverse country on Earth, home to nearly 13% of all known animal and plant species in a new biodiversity ranking released by World Population Review. The ...

The sun shines through the rainforest near Belem, Brazil, June 7, 2023. Picture Alliance via Getty Images This study is really the first to establish the limits of these tropical forest canopies ...

Agroforestry closely resembles the way Indigenous peoples managed the lands that became Brazil for millennia. That was before the 20th century, when leaders of European descent began calling on ...

The Largest Tropical Rainforest . The largest unbroken stretch of rainforest is found in the Amazon river basin of South America. Over half of this forest lies in Brazil, which holds about one ...

Some tropical forests show surprising resilience as temperatures rise. Scientists are finding that some percentage of tropical forests may hold up under global warming—if they’re not cut down.

INPE’s monitoring system detected 74,700 fires between the first day of 2022 and September 17, a 51 percent increase over the same period the year before and the highest number of fires the ...

Discover the importance of rainforests, Earth's life-support system, and how you can help protect them for a sustainable ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest and river system, and the most biologically diverse place on earth. It covers roughly 40% of South America, spanning Brazil, Bolivia, Peru ...