The new documentary 'We Are Guardians' examines the rapid deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the efforts by local ...

This may not be the deepest film about the deforestation crisis, but it works as an effective call to action.

Such chauvinist language is nasty, and reflects the state of environmental discourse in Brazil today. Since Ms Silva’s last ...

The Amazon Soy Moratorium, a sectoral agreement which protects the Brazilian Amazon from deforestation, is under threat.

A UAE-coordinated law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has led to 94 arrests and the ...

An estimated 1.98 million hectares (4.89 million acres) of forest were cleared in 2022, a 21% increase from 2021. It was the worst year for deforestation since 2004, according to Amazon ...

Deforestation alert data from Brazil’s national space research institute INPE shows that 3,988 square kilometers of forest have been cleared within the Brazilian Amazon since January 1, a 17 […] ...

While many climate studies focus on Amazon deforestation – where trees are completely cleared and land use changes – this study looks at “degradation.” ...

Amazon deforestation has steeply declined since the end of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's rule in 2022. Under that government, forest loss reached a 15-year high.

RIO DE JANEIRO — After four years of rising destruction in Brazil’s Amazon, deforestation dropped by 33.6% during the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s term ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest dropped 33.6% in the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s term, providing an encouraging sign for his administration's ...

And while deforestation in the Amazon slowed from 2004 to 2012, it's picked back up over the last few years, as new roads and infrastructure push development further into once remote areas.