Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest decreased by 11.08% over a year, hitting an 11-year low. This development comes ...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest has shrunk by an area as big as Spain over four decades and is nearing a dangerous tipping point, according to monitoring data released Monday. The Amazon was approaching a ...

While the loss of the rainforest would be terrible for many reasons locally, it would also have a big impact on the whole ...

Tree loss in the Amazon rainforest has declined for the fourth consecutive year, a boost for the country hosting COP30.

MANAUS, Brazil — Brazil’s environmental goals suffered a major setback in May as deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% compared to the same month last year, according to official monitoring data ...

ALTAMIRA, Brazil – If much of the Amazon forest is to wither away, this is the town where that end was foretold. During its campaign to develop the region, Brazil’s former military dictatorship chose ...

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. A warming climate fed ...