In 2025, the area deforested in the country fell below 1 million hectares in a year for the first time since 2019. A total of ...

The Amazon’s protected areas are “expensive to manage” because “many are vast” and “some are difficult to reach”, so a field ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler [( Satellite alerts suggest deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is continuing to fall, putting the ...

It’s welcome news for Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is on track for reelection in October polls.

Major soy traders like Cargill, ADM and Bunge announced their withdrawal from the Amazon soy moratorium, a move that could increase deforestation in the biome by 30% by 2045. Behind the exodus are ...

Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pledged to pave a ...

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, when ...

Destruction of rainforest for cattle ranching is making the Amazon biome more vulnerable to irreversible collapse, which could occur within decades if deforestation continues. A landmark 2022 study on ...