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Amazon loses 240 million acres of forest, risking rainfall disruption

According to a recent report, the Amazon has lost 97 million hectares of primary forest by 2025. Most forest loss is attributed to human activity, particularly land clearing and fi...

Planet Earth and Brazil’s Election

The Amazon rainforest has been a crucial battleground in the country’s presidential runoff.

Planet Earth and Brazil’s Election

The Amazon rainforest has been a crucial battleground in the country’s presidential runoff.

WWF warns Amazon rainforest could face 'tipping point' risk as climate extremes accelerate

WWF warns parts of the Amazon previously considered resilient to climate impacts may now be under growing threat

Brazil creates four Amazon reserves as plans to pave rainforest highway advance

The Brazilian government has created four new sustainable development reserves in the Amazon as part of an effort to mitigate environmental damage from the controversial plan to fu...

How Brazilian presidential election could shape the future of Amazon rainforest

Future of Amazon rainforest may hinge on Brazil presidential election

A general election in Brazil next month is widely seen as a choice between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil plants 840,000 trees to restore 607 hectares of Atlantic Forest

Brazil's Atlantic Forest is undergoing remarkable restoration efforts, spearheaded by World Land Trust and Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu. With 840,000 trees planted over 20 years,...

Amazon deforestation falls 42% to a record low

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to the lowest level on record. Data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute, INPE, shows that forest clearing...

A trip down the road that will determine the fate of the Amazon

The BR-319 runs through a largely untouched stretch of the rainforest. A new initiative to pave it could put the Amazon and the global climate at risk.

NASA discovers hidden fires burning beneath the Amazon rainforest

El Niño is fueling a dangerous cascade of wildfires across the tropics, with the Amazon rainforest now experiencing widespread burning and scientists warning that the worst may sti...

Brazil’s election could determine the fate of the Amazon

The next president’s policies on deforestation will come at a critical moment for the rainforest’s survival.

Protecting the Amazon’s Lungs Protects Human Lungs

The Amazon rainforest climate regulates the health of our entire planet. Stretching across six million square kilometres, this immense tropical biome absorbs billions of tonnes of...

In Brazil’s Acre, calls for new roads clash with deforestation commitments

Along a freshly repaved stretch of the BR-317 highway in Acre, a Brazilian state bordering Bolivia and Peru in the Western Amazon, pasture stretches out as far as the eye can see....

The Future of the Amazon Rainforest Could Depend on Brazil's Election

Flávio Bolsonaro, the front runner in this month’s presidential runoff, is a strong advocate of environmental deregulation who has backed policies that scientists say could hurt th...

Peru’s Indigenous people in Cutivireni and Oviri take the front line against Amazon wildfires

As El Niño worsens dry conditions, Peru’s indigenous people in Cutivireni and Oviri are taking action to protect their Amazon territory from wildfires.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls to all-time low

Deforestation in ⁠Brazil's Amazon rainforest declined to the lowest level on record in the 12 months through July, according to data released by Brazilian space research agency Inp...

Future of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential election

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s upcoming presidential election could reshape the Amazon’s future. Control of the country, which contains about 60% of the rainforest, could pass to Sen. F...

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon falls to the lowest level in nearly 40 years

Forest clearance has dropped by 42% in a year, with the figures providing a boost for President Lula ahead of a tightly contested election run-off.

‘Carbon fever’ threatens hard-won Indigenous rights in Bolivian Amazon

Leaders in Pando region denounce opaque deals over carbon credits as government and companies rush to monetise Amazon rainforest after 2024 rulingIn the village plazas of Pando, a...

Brazil’s election and the battle for the Amazon – podcast

Our Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, heads to Roraima to hear what’s at stake for the rainforest and the communities that live there in the Brazilian presidential runoff...

A Belgium-sized area of Amazon wetland has been converted, and losses are climbing

Every year, Amazonian rivers spill over their banks and flood the forests around them for months. These wetlands cover around 30% of the Brazilian Amazon and are often home to rive...

Brazil’s tropical forest fund races to raise $2.7 billion before deadline

A historic billion-dollar rainforest pledge can collapse if global donors fail to act by December.

Inpe Records 42% Drop in Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation, to 3,335 sq km

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell to about 3,335 square kilometers in the 12 months through July, the lowest on record. That is a decline of about 42% from the […] T...