Forest destruction fell to 2,874sq km, an area slightly larger than Luxembourg, in the 12 months through July. Read more at ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest level in 13 years, according to new ...

Robson Mura, of the Mura Indigenous community, watches the sunrise at the Moyray village in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) LAGO DO ...

Drought affects grain exports and essential supplies in Manaus Sixty-two municipalities in Amazonas state under emergency, over half a million affected Hydropower plants sapped, daylight saving time ...

Brazil is using forensic science to tackle illegal gold mining in the Amazon, a top threat to the rainforest, Indigenous ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged ...

The area of forest burned in the Amazon fell to its lowest level in 40 years in 2025, according to the annual report by Brazilian monitoring initiative MapBiomas. Around 3.

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 vanished.

Scientists say paving road will bring disastrous deforestation Lula's far-right predecessor worked to pave the highway Fires destroy forest along highway in record Amazon drought MANAUS, Brazil, Sept ...

Brazil’s BR-319 highway project is moving inexorably forward toward approval and construction, with the individual actors in the different government agencies acting to fulfill their assigned duties ...

Brazil has committed to dredge major Amazon rivers in response to record drought that has lowered water levels and made ship passage, a key transportation lifeline, difficult or impossible. The ...

As world leaders conclude the United Nations’ annual climate talks in Belém, Brazil— a summit meant to accelerate global action on phasing out fossil fuels—the Brazilian government is facing mounting ...