Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal ...

As Brazil prepares to host the COP30 climate summit, a stretch of rainforest is being cleared for a highway to welcome world ...

Dubbed the Avenida Liberdade highway, the new stretch of highway cuts across tens of thousands of acres of rainforest located ...

A BBC report found on Wednesday that tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazonian rainforest are being cleared ahead of ...

Brazil is constructing an eight-mile highway through the Amazon rainforest, leading to concerns about environmental damage ...

If you are caught cutting down the Amazon Rainforest illegally, chances are you will get off without being required to pay ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the ...

The researchers highlighted two major deforestation hotspots: a northern area covering Bahia and Minas Gerais, where eucalyptus plantations and pasture expansions dominated; and a southern hotspot in ...

For roughly about 65 million years, the forests of the Amazonian were resilient to changes in the climate. But that is ...

The world’s wealthiest nations collectively caused 15 times more biodiversity loss internationally than domestically, driving deforestation to satisfy agricultural and forestry demand.

Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, developers are carving a four-lane highway through protected tracts of ...