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 ...

February 20, 2025 Colombia deforestation rose 35% in 2024, minister says Deforestation in Colombia rose 35% in 2024 from a 23-year low the previous year, fueled by an uptick in the Amazon region ...

In the time it takes to say ‘deforestation’, another chunk of forest the size of a football pitch is destroyed. That’s every two seconds, every single day. And the leading cause of this deforestation ...

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 ...

We’re here to help. While growing demand for wood and timber represents a big threat to the world’s forests, in fact the biggest driver of deforestation is agriculture. This means the food we eat is ...

It also hints at how technology can be used to stop further deforestation. Since the end of the last ice age our planet has lost a third of its forests, and nearly 25 million additional acres ...

Deforestation might feel like something that’s happening far away, in tropical rainforests, but its impacts can affect us all. Ruairi Brogan, who works for a wildlife charity, explains why ...

Soon we might not have any forest left at all! Ash: When woodland habitats are destroyed, that is called 'deforestation'. It's not just wildlife that is affected by deforestation, it affects ...