A new and alarming pattern of destruction is emerging in the rainforest, challenging Brazilian authorities ahead of COP30.

In the early hours of July 17, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to ease environmental licensing, which NGOs ...

In a public letter, the US president urges the South American country to ‘immediately’ stop the legal proceedings against the ...

President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities ...

Lula has staked his reputation as a climate leader by going out of his way to host the Cop30 climate summit, to be held in ...

That puts Brazil in line with the larger goals of the COP26 climate conference, where 145 nations in 2021 vowed to stop deforestation by 2030. World progress toward that goal is halting, however.

Five of Brazil’s six biomes saw deforestation shrink in 2024 compared to the previous year, as per data released Wednesday (May. 14) by MapBiomas, a network of NGOs, universities, and technology ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian portion of the Amazon rainforest slowed over the last 12 months by nearly half compared to the previous year, according to new government data. The country lost 4300 ...

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Brazil’s deforestation surveillance year runs from 1 August to 30 July. Still, much remains to be done to end the destruction and the month of July showed a 33 per cent increase in tree cutting ...

Critics fear oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River is a step backwards from Lula’s ‘zero emissions’ goal.

This may not be the deepest film about the deforestation crisis, but it works as an effective call to action.