As seen in the graph below, during Lula's years ... Brazil has cleared large swaths of the Amazon rainforest for farmland, accelerating deforestation there. In 2019 alone, the first year of ...

The destruction of the world’s rainforests ramped up last year, despite global pledges to end deforestation by 2030, according to a new report. An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland ...

Deforestation’s effects reach far beyond the people and animals where trees are cut. The South American rainforest, for example, influences regional and perhaps even global water cycles ...

They called for renewed efforts to protect rainforests and urged world leaders to act on their pledges to stop deforestation. The study looked at satellite data on rainfall and forest loss in the ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped substantially in the first six months of this year, perhaps signaling a reversal after years of losses in the vast rainforest. Some good news out of Brazil ...

Deforestation of the Amazon hit a new record during the first half of 2022, the Brazilian Space Agency reported Friday, deepening concerns that the vast rainforest’s critical role in protecting ...

Commodities from just four countries will face the strictest checks under the European Union's anti-deforestation law, with ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016 ...