Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less rain in the dry season, according to new research published Wednesday underscoring the rainforest's "pivotal" role in ...

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 ...

"We are optimistic that stricter enforcement of environmental laws under Brazil's new administration will lead to lower deforestation rates in the Amazon ... if the cause aligns with their ...

You’ve heard the term, but do you know the true facts about deforestation? The makers of paper products do. But trust us: ...

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 ...

Forest loss and damage is the cause of around 10% of global warming ... We’ve had our successes, but the challenges keep growing too. We helped reduce deforestation in the Amazon by 75% between 2004 ...

However, new research finds that secondary roads, those that branch off the primary road, cause far more forest ... in the Brazilian Amazon. The deforestation and forest degradation associated ...

And the leading cause of this deforestation is food production ... But they're not the only ones considering new laws to help protect the Amazon and stop global deforestation. Right now, the European ...

New data provided by researchers from the University of São Paulo, the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and environmental ...

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 ...