Satellite data show a 37% deforestation decrease in the world's largest rainforest last year, the lowest level of Amazon destruction since 2014.

The figures come months before Brazil’s presidential election, with Lula promising to end illegal deforestation by 2030.

The Amazon rainforest is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth. It is also the world's largest source of biogenic ...

Carbon credits bought by companies to offset their emissions really have reduced deforestation, but not by as much as credit ...

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Deep inside the Amazon, Indigenous leaders are fighting to preserve the rainforest More than 9 million acres of tropical ...

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Colombia's outgoing environment minister Irene Vélez Torres has warned that the incoming government could reverse recent ...

For centuries, the Amazon rainforest has been seen as one of the last truly unexplored places on Earth. Covering millions of ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped substantially in the first six months of this year, perhaps signaling a reversal after years of losses in the vast rainforest. Some good news out of Brazil ...