Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has hit its highest ... in defence of sustainable development of the biome". Getty Images The Amazon is sometimes called the lungs of the planet ...

President Lula had promised to restore the Amazon rainforest when he was trying to get elected as Brazil's leader. His government said this was the first step in achieving its zero deforestation ...

Corporations have failed to stop deforestation. Can that change in time to save the Amazon rainforest? The situation is dire now, but there are also signs that businesses are beginning to find ...

Much of the damage from fires is classified as degradation, not clearcutting deforestation, as the fire in the Amazon rainforest spreads mostly through leaves on the ground, and not through treetops.

Much of the damage from fires is classified as degradation, not clearcutting deforestation, as the fire in the Amazon rainforest spreads mostly through leaves on the ground, and not through treetops.

1 to July 30, so Wednesday's report doesn’t capture the destruction from the past few months, as a historic drought opened the way to a surge in forest fires that burned an area larger than ...

Instead, the reserve has lost over 40% of its rainforest, and become a conduit for deforestation ... Banner image: A herd of cattle roams over a denuded Amazon. Image by Rhett A.

Study: Ecological change increases malaria risk in the Brazilian Amazon. Image ... Deforestation alters mosquito breeding ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in ... area destroyed in the world's largest rainforest in nine years. Roughly 6,288 square km (2,428 square miles) of Amazon were destroyed, an area larger ...

Lula has pledged to put a stop to illegal deforestation of the Amazon by 2030 but faces a string of vested interests. In addition to the Amazon, destruction of the Cerrado, the most species-rich ...

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to ...