Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85% in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday. The 9,166 square kilometers cleared was the highest ...
However, INPE’s DETER alert system also recorded a sharp rise in forest degradation. Deforestation in 2024 versus 2023 in the Brazilian Amazon according to Imazon’s SAD system. Forest ...
"It is worrying, as it shows the increase of legal deforestation," said Auriga Nusantara's chair Timer Manurung. He called for "urgent" protection of forest in Kalimantan, where the highest losses ...
Worldwide, large-scale monocrop agriculture is the most significant driver of deforestation. Bulldozers flatten natural landscapes, wiping out wildlife and destroying the forest resources that ...
The Brazilian Amazon witnessed a 7% annual drop in the amount of deforested land in 2024, even as the area affected by degradation increased multiple times over, according to a report published Friday ...