By Rhett A. Butler Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 30.6% over the past year, reaching the lowest level of ...

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

Over the last century, the Amazon rainforest -- which covers nearly 40 percent of South America -- has lost about 20 percent of its area to deforestation, due to the spread of agriculture and ...

A report suggests that further degradation of the Amazon could turn one of the world’s most important carbon sinks into a ...

Deforestation in Brazil's vast savannah, known as the Cerrado, decreased by 25.7%, the first decline in five years. The area ...

As the COP29 climate talks started Monday in Azerbaijan, an Indigenous leader half a world away is literally towering over ...

Much of the damage from fires is classified as degradation, not clearcutting deforestation, as the fire in the Amazon rainforest spreads mostly through leaves on the ground, and not through treetops.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Falls to Lowest Since 2015 By Lisandra Paraguassu and Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months ...

Amazon deforestation has fallen by nearly half ... also set to host the United Nations COP30 climate talks in the Amazon rainforest region next year. Lula's government has promised to further ...