In the heart of South America lies the Amazon rainforest, one of the world’s most vital and biodiverse ecosystems. Covering ...

The researchers highlighted two major deforestation hotspots: a northern area covering Bahia and Minas Gerais, where eucalyptus plantations and pasture expansions dominated; and a southern hotspot in ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon ... the forest floor, paving over wetland to surface the road which will cut through a protected area.