The Amazon is increasingly affected by climate change, compounded by accumulated deforestation and forest degradation.

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

BRASILIA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months through July compared to the same ...

Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The northern states of Roraima, Acre, Rondônia and Amazonas have been particularly ...

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has hit its highest rate in a decade, according to official data. About 7,900 sq km (3,050 sq miles) of the world's largest rainforest was ...

The Brazilian government said Thursday that forest loss in its Amazon region fell more than 30 percent compared to the year ...

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 federal court in Brazil ordered a rancher to pay more than $50 million for destroying part of the Amazon rainforest. Additionally, the court froze the assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay for the ...

In Brazil’s Amazon, people are trapped in a vicious cycle in which deforestation begets poverty, and poverty begets deforestation. Already, more than a fifth of the country’s rainforest has ...

One-third of the Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a combination ... in addition to deforestation, degradation can be just as harmful. In this scenario, President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva ...

In Brazil, fires outside the Amazon ... the combination of deforestation, forest degradation, and climate change could destabilize the Amazon rainforest, leading to widespread die-offs of trees ...

President Lula had promised to restore the Amazon rainforest when he was trying to get elected as Brazil's leader. His government said this was the first step in achieving its zero deforestation ...