Destruction of the world’s largest tropical rainforest drops significantly ... Note: The number released for January 2020 includes deforestation total through the 30th of that month.

James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to ...

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 ...

New study shows Amazon rainfall stable despite deforestation, but seasonal shifts threaten regional ecosystem balance.

Deforestation of the Amazon leads to worsening droughts and floods. Experts emphasise that the role of the rainforest changes ...

The majority of deforestation ... up the Legal Amazon: Pará, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Rondônia. About half of the reported figure is concentrated in Pará, where the rain forest is most ...

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 ...

At COP16 in Cali, WWF, in collaboration with the Chalmers University of Technology, Trase, and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), launched an eye-opening report, “Uncovering Sub-Regional ...

Most likely, ancient humans were setting fires in the Amazon as an early form of deforestation. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from News The Amazon isn't as pristine as you might think.