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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...

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...

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

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

How Brazilian presidential election could shape the future of Amazon rainforest

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.

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....

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,...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms

Forest clearance at smallest total since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-offDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest level...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Super El Niño set to cause ‘terribly dangerous’ drought in the Amazon

The El Niño phase now under way will be the most damaging on record for the Amazon, scientists warn, raising the risk of catastrophic wildfires 

Gold mining expands fastest on Indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon, new analysis finds

A new report by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute has found that gold mining poses a significant threat to Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon

Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project finds

Researchers say almost 90% of participants in unconditional basic income scheme in Peru adopted environmentally beneficial practicesA pioneering project to provide Indigenous peopl...