One in ten known species on Earth lives in the Amazon. Its forests contain 90-140 billion metric ... infrastructure projects coupled with poor planning are contributing to deforestation and increased ...

Deforestation of the Amazon leads to worsening droughts and floods. Experts emphasize that the role of the rainforest changes depending on the season. Excessive tree cutting in the Amazon rainforest ...

James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to extensive deforestation across the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin ...

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 ...

Impending loss of the Amazon rainforest due to deforestation has concerned scientists, activists, and citizens all over the globe. Natural habitats sustaining the region’s incomparable biodiversity ...

At COP16 in Cali, WWF, in collaboration with the Chalmers University of Technology, Trase, and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), launched an eye-opening report, “Uncovering Sub-Regional ...

Nearly all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the past year was illegal, a new report finds. Between August 2023 and July 2024, 91% of forest clearing in the Amazon lacked authorization, ...

Brazil's Real-Time Deforestation Detection System (Deter), of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), reported Thursday that deforestation in the Amazon in the first semester of 2023 had ...

Both municipalities are hotspots for deforestation and wildfires as the Amazon’s “arc of deforestation” pushes farther north. “The direct cause [for the contact] is difficult to determine ...