The withdrawal of leading traders has left Amazon even more vulnerable to rampant deforestation and climate crisis.

Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and retains heat at ...

Research investigate whether the size and pattern of deforestation matters, suggesting that guiding clearing can mitigate severe regional climate impacts ...

Commodity-trading giant Cargill recently signaled that it will weaken its no-deforestation commitments in the Amazon Rainforest, an investigation by Repórter Brasil has revealed. In its latest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Agents of the National Security Force burn illegal mining equipment during an operation by Brazilian authorities against the ...

Aerial view of triggered forest fire and deforestation for planting soya beans in the Amazon Rainforest, Vilhena - Rondonia state [Courtesy Andre Dib, WWF Brazil] Since 2007, Marcelo Salazar has been ...

Nearly 20 years ago, a Brazilian lobbying group for soy trading and processing companies signed onto a historic conservation ...

In a room at the back of her house, Vera Alves da Silva Oliveira keeps the air-conditioning on day and night to protect bags of seeds gathered by hand from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest and Cerrado ...

MANAUS, Brazil -- Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse "the clean ...

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 ...