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 ...

If these trends continue unchecked, they could disrupt continental rainfall patterns and trigger a sharp decline in species that depend on the rainforest. Deforestation in the Amazon has been ...

As deforestation increases in the Amazon, it will decrease precipitation in California and create drier conditions in ...

With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for ...

A community in the Brazilian Amazon is transforming fallen trunks and dead trees into everyday items and art pieces.

Sadly, the Amazon rainforest is a rapidly disappearing ... Brazil and working with corporations that are responsible for deforestation in the Amazon. “There are more than 300 McDonald’s ...

New data from a non-profit reveals that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover - raising alarm that a key natural buffer against ...

Illegal deforestation is wiping out a significant portion of the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest. According to a report by Mongabay, satellite images have recently revealed that deforestation around ...

One of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon is industrial farming. Setting fire to the forest is one of the main ways humans get rid of trees. Burning trees also makes the forest ...

According to WWF, cattle ranching accounts for around 80 percent of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. This isn’t just catastrophic for wildlife and biodiversity, but it’s also driving up ...

Extreme wealth doesn’t just fund private jets and mega-yachts; it bankrolls political lobbying, media control, and corporate subsidies that entrench systems of exploitation. Without limits on wealth, ...

Carbon markets investor Silvania, backed by Swiss-trading house Mercuria, announced a $1.5 billion fund in collaboration two non-profits on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The initiative aims to ...