The pristine canopy of the Amazon rainforest is breathtaking when seen from the air. It's hard to describe just how big it is, but it is absolutely vast, spanning nine countries in South America.

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and ... “Everything was destroyed,” said Claudio Verequete, who lives about a quarter-mile from the roadway in ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and ... “Everything was destroyed,” said Claudio Verequete, who lives about a quarter-mile from the roadway in ...

Some 9,000 square kilometers (3,475 square miles) of Amazon jungle were destroyed in the 12 months ... The Amazon jungle is the world’s largest rainforest and its protection is seen as vital ...

A huge four-lane highway is being built in the Amazon rainforest, destroying protected areas. The new road is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém, which will ...

Every hectare of the Amazon that is destroyed pushes the rainforest closer to collapse. And if we lose the Amazon, we lose the fight against the climate crisis. We can all be part of the solution.

Around 17–20% of the Amazon rainforest has already been destroyed, with almost all of the deforested areas being turned into cattle ranches. One estimate suggests that over 900,000 square kilometres ...

Millions of hectares of forest are burning in the Amazon and the homes of indigenous communities and vulnerable rainforest species are being destroyed. Fires in this precious landscape have burned an ...

Almost 20% of the Amazon rainforest has already been destroyed. Despite pledging to end deforestation by 2030 at COP26 last year, Brazil is now one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the ...

Last year, 3,088 square kilometres of the rainforest were destroyed during the same period. The Amazon plays an essential role in the planet's oxygen and carbon dioxide cycles, absorbing vast ...