SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation in the Amazon, and indeed it has. When the next official ...

Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012. Despite this, experts warn that forest degradation, driven by wildfires, logging, and drought, continues to outpace ...

Antonio has spent the past seven years running toward fires that most others run from. A firefighter in the Brazilian Amazon ...

Lower tipping point: Researchers found climate change reduces the deforestation threshold for rainfall loss from 50% to as ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate fed ...

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 ...

Deforestation harms the planet and humans in many ways. Trees play a major role in the global effort to slow the pace of climate change, preserve wildlife, and support more than eight billion people.

Gold rush fuels Amazon deforestation and mercury poisoning in Brazil’s protected areas - Gold prices have surged in recent ...