Satellite-detected fire hotspots rose by 70%, reaching 145,357 from 85,670 in the same period last year. Fires are widespread ...

Brazil’s Amazon dry season just ended with a staggering 846% increase in burned forest area compared to the year before ...

According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, ...

Authorities use satellites to track deforestation caused by chain saws or fire. Now criminals are using chemicals to degrade ...

By Aimee Gabay The Amazonas Environmental Protection Institute (IPAAM) has come under harsh scrutiny by authorities and ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months through July compared to the same period a ...

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat ...

But last year, US President Joe Biden pledged to request Congress to contribute US$500 million to the Amazon Fund over five ...

But the Cerrado, which is less well-known than the neighboring Amazon and Pantanal ... the cause of the fire in Brasilia National Park. Most wildfires in Brazil are started by farmers or ...

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 ...

The estimate comes from the National Institute for Space Research, which tracks Brazil's official deforestation rate. This surge in fire comes one year before the Amazon city of Belém will host ...

blackened soil and charred tree trunks stand testimony to the ferocity of a fire that ripped through 1,470 hectares (3,600 acres) of land in September. Brazil was then in the throes of a record ...