Afro-descendant peoples in four Amazon countries show remarkable achievements in environmental stewardship, according to new ...

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

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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 ...

You’ve heard the term, but do you know the true facts about deforestation? The makers of paper products do. But trust us: Deforestation and another term you’ve probably heard, clear-cutting, are not ...

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 ...

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.

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

The rights of nature is one of the fastest-growing environmental legal strategies of the past decade. Since Ecuador recognized the rights of Pachamama, the Quechua name for Mother Earth, in its ...

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 ...