The Amazon’s worst fire season in decades is turning the rainforest into a massive carbon emitter.

Many locals are cheering on the Brazilian government’s plans to rebuild a decrepit highway. Environmentalists are less keen ...

The Amazon rainforest, often called the lungs of the Earth, is facing one of its most dangerous moments in modern history as ...

Organized crime and illicit economies emerged in 2025 as major drivers worsening deforestation across the Amazon region in ...

AGUA CLARA, Brazil — Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months through July compared to the same period a year prior, according to government data released on Wednesday -- the ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s ambitious pledge to end illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by 2030 is going regional. The eight South American nations that make up the ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon plunged sharply in July, continuing a downward trend since President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office at the beginning of the year. The analysis of satellite ...

The Amazon Forest seen from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory, a scientific research facility in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometres ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is off to its fastest pace to start a year since at least 2008. According to data from Brazil’s national space research institute, forest clearing in the Amazon ...

Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, suggests a new study. The research suggests that tropical forests play a critical role in cooling the land ...