Brazil’s INPE space research agency data showed deforestation soaring 29.5% to 9,762 square kilometers for the 12 months through July 2019 Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to ...

Environmental organizations worldwide have warned that deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon is close to reaching a point of no return, something which has worsened under President Jair Bolsonaro.

For every kilometer of first-cut road, 49.1 kilometers of secondary roads formed in the Brazilian Amazon, 9.8 kilometers in ...

Far from international forums and economical centers, locals in one of the Amazon deforestation hotspots seek alternatives to agribusiness and gold mines. Mongabay went to Pará state’s ...

The Amazon rainforest, crucial for the global ecosystem, is threatened by widespread deforestation for agricultural purposes.

See All Key Ideas In the early 2000s, deforestation levels in the Brazilian Amazon rose so tremendously that, faced with both national and international pressure, the federal government decided to ...

A new highway being built through the Amazon rainforest to facilitate travel ... worry that its construction will lead to further deforestation and commercial expansion. "Everything was destroyed ...

All told, the Amazon River basin holds perhaps a quarter ... The most recent data show that the rate of deforestation has increased sixfold from 2003 to 2009. “It’s relatively easy to get ...

the suit alleges that Amazon’s bleaching process harms the environment and that its use of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo misleads consumers about the true deforestation impact of its ...