Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds ...

Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012. Despite this major accomplishment, experts warn that forest degradation, driven by wildfires, logging and drought, is ...

Despite a drop in the size of deforested areas, the number of wildfires in the region increased by more than 30 percent.

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in eight years during the most recent monitoring period, according to new data from the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute, ...

Deforestation harms the planet and humans in many ways. Trees play a major role in the global effort to slow the pace of climate change, preserve wildlife, and support more than eight billion people.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has decreased by 46 percent ...

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination.

"Moving from cutting the size of Connecticut every year to cutting the size of my home state of Rhode Island every year is ...

Environmentalists hail decline but warn weakened laws could reverse gains ...

On 4 May 2026, the EU Commission published a report on the simplification of the revised EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), alongside ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when ...