Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon ... released by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) on Thursday. Nearly 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) of rainforest were ...

currently based in Brazil. She was previously a fellow at the Rainforest Investigations Network, where she examined the forces that drive deforestation in the Amazon. Max Bearak covers the ...

The Brazilian government has announced its plan to protect the Amazon rainforest and to end deforestation, or forest clearance, by 2030. The country's left-wing president, Luiz Inacio Lula da ...

BRASILIA – 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 ...

The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year, authorities said Tuesday. Many are already struggling to access essential ...

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 ...

Shannon McDonagh is a Newsweek content reporter based in London. Her focus is reporting breaking wire stories across international politics and social issues. She has covered culture, politics and ...

The summit will address how the nations can protect the Amazon rainforest from threats such as organized crime over illegally collecting timber. Brazil is making plans to create an international ...

SANTAREM, Brazil: Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday (Oct 1), after ...

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Brazil's Amazon rainforest saw its worst six-month period of wildfires in 20 years despite a decrease in deforestation, satellite data showed Monday. The 13,489 wildfires – likely sparked by ...