Satellite data show a 37% deforestation decrease in the world's largest rainforest last year, the lowest level of Amazon destruction since 2014.

The figures come months before Brazil’s presidential election, with Lula promising to end illegal deforestation by 2030.

The Amazon rainforest is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth. It is also the world's largest source of biogenic ...

By Brasil 247 - Brazil's Amazon rainforest recorded its lowest first-half deforestation level since the National Institute ...

By Sibélia Zanon “What motivates us most is being able to say, ‘I take care of the environment, I don’t cut down trees, and ...

The Amazon Forest, a vast jungle land containing one of the most biodiverse and pristine ecosystems on earth, has been the ...

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Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to accelerate forest loss in the Amazon, pushing it towards partial or total collapse. New research has identified the ...

New research from a team of tropical biologists forecasts some of the changes that may occur in the Amazon rainforest as temperatures rise due to climate change. It's a place where few living things ...