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

A major international study involving researchers from The University of Manchester has found that rising global demand for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Agents of the National Security Force burn illegal mining equipment during an operation by Brazilian authorities against the ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government reported on Thursday a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country's Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a ...

Officials in the U.S. Trade Representative’s office are raising concerns about whether Brazil is doing enough to prevent deforestation as they pursue a Section 301 investigation into the South ...

Brazilian prosecutors have sued meat giant JBS, alleging it bought cattle from farms using slave-like labour and linked to Amazon deforestation. The case seeks about $24 million in damages and ...

A University of Cambridge-led study warns that while Brazil’s anti-deforestation measures have slowed tree loss, they have largely failed to address forest degradation — a subtler but potentially more ...

Can a sneaker brand help counter Amazon deforestation? This was no ordinary tree. Tidy diagonal scars ran up and down its trunk in tightly organized chevrons. The lines were as parallel as the black, ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is responsible for approximately 74.5% of the reduction in rainfall and 16.5% of the temperature increase in the biome during the dry season. For the first time, ...

The virtuous cycle of Brazil in monitoring Amazon deforestation should be applied in other Amazon countries, where deforestation is increasing. The virtuous cycle of Brazil in monitoring Amazon ...

The production of food continues to eat its way into the world’s tropical forests. Agricultural expansion drives nearly 90% of global deforestation, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization ...