ESA’s Biomass satellite reveals hidden carbon, forests, and terrain using advanced radar that sees through trees, sand, and ...

The Rainforest Alliance has released its latest 2024 Annual progress report, charting its ongoing certification work in ...

Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a landmark deal signed two decades ago aimed at slowing deforestation.

Illegal cattle ranches clearing the Amazon rainforest are behind the leather in high-end handbags made by top European and ...

Amazon rainforest deforestation is reshaping the planet’s climate. It affects rainfall, raises global temperatures, and threatens ecosystems far beyond South America.

The rich plant life that makes up the Amazon rainforest contributes a significant amount of water vapour to Earth’s atmosphere. A recent study found that extensive deforestation here has caused a ...

Illegal burning of the Amazon rainforest near the city of Humaitá, in the northern Brazilian state Amazonas, on September 4, 2024. Forest fires have been raging for several weeks in Brazil ...

From Lucas do Rio Verde, a major agricultural hub in the state of Mato Grosso, the railway would be built from scratch, advancing into the Amazon’s Arc of Deforestation.

Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy ...

The rich plant life that makes up the Amazon rainforest contributes a significant amount of water vapour to Earth’s atmosphere. A recent study found that extensive deforestation here has caused ...

A record fire season in Brazil last year caused the rate of deforestation to accelerate, in a blow to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's pledge to protect the Amazon rainforest, official ...