Few places on earth carry the weight that the Amazon does. It regulates rainfall across continents, stores centuries worth of ...

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 ...

Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 6 ...

Brazil cut deforestation in the Amazon to its lowest level since 2019 in 2025, with tougher environmental enforcement helping ...

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 ...

Indigenous chief Bepdjo Mekragnotire is once again preparing to lead a group of warriors to chase wildcat gold miners away ...

SAO PAULO, May 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's Amazon rainforest has experienced its largest blazes on record in the first four months of the year, with the environmental workers union on Monday placing ...

As world leaders conclude the United Nations’ annual climate talks in Belém, Brazil— a summit meant to accelerate global action on phasing out fossil fuels—the Brazilian government is facing mounting ...

SANTAREM, Brazil, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, ...

Brazil’s antitrust regulator suspended a key mechanism for rainforest protection, the Amazon Soy Moratorium, on Aug. 18, less than three months before the nation hosts the COP30 climate summit. The ...

Hundreds of new fires have flared up in the Amazon in Brazil, data showed Monday, even as military aircraft dumped water over hard-hit areas and G7 nations pledged to help combat the blazes. Smoke ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...