Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is responsible for approximately 74.5% of the reduction in rainfall and 16.5% of the ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is doing far more than clearing trees: it’s directly shrinking the region’s rain supply ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler [( For decades the world’s largest rainforest has been getting drier. A new study published in Nature ...

Officials in the U.S. Trade Representative’s office are raising concerns about whether Brazil is doing enough to prevent ...

The Amazon rainforest is often called the lungs of the planet because its trees help to regulate the global climate by absorbing planet-warming carbon dioxide. But decades of large-scale logging and ...

Advocates are urging the government to reverse course. Officials spark backlash with troubling move that could have dire ...

Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a historic low in 2023. The ...

Amazon deforestation drops by 31% compared to last year The Amazon, an area twice the size of India, holds the world’s largest rainforest ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year It is the lowest level of destruction in nine years ...