The combined effects of warming and deforestation could put 10–47% of Amazon forests at risk of unexpected ecosystem transitions as soon as 2050 13. The frontier of current research, therefore ...

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 destruction is a crisis for the whole planet ... We’ve had our successes, but the challenges keep growing too. We helped reduce deforestation in the Amazon by 75% between 2004 and 2012. But ...

With this information, stakeholders can pursue targeted, region-specific strategies to mitigate deforestation and support the Amazon’s preservation. This report comes out at a time when the Amazon is ...

Secondary roads accounted for forest loss and degradation rates that were 31.5 times greater than first-cut roads in the Congo Basin, 22.2 times greater in New Guinea, and 305.2 times greater in ...

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon ... deforestation contradicts the very purpose of a climate summit. Along the partially built road, lush ...