By Mongabay.com The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has remained near a six-year low despite a surge in the ...

Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The northern states of Roraima, Acre, Rondônia and Amazonas have been particularly ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years, official data shows. A report by Brazil's space research agency (Inpe) found that deforestation increased by ...

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, ...

Brazil’s INPE space research agency data showed deforestation soaring 29.5% to 9,762 square kilometers for the 12 months through July 2019 Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to ...

One-third of the Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a combination ... in addition to deforestation, degradation can be just as harmful. In this scenario, President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva ...

The deal foresees the purchase of up to 12 million tons of carbon credits generated by reducing deforestation in Para between ...

Residents of Brazil's Amazon are struggling to breathe as a wave of intense wildfires blankets the region in thick, toxic smoke. In recent days, fires have intensified across the rainforest ...

The construction of BR-319 is a contentious issue in Brazil. A government plan to pave a highway in the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from environmentalists who say the development will ...

Satellites detected 38,266 fire hotspots in the Amazon in August, more than double compared to the previous year and the largest number for that month since 2010, data from Brazil's National ...

SANTAREM, Brazil: Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday (Oct 1), after ...