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 6,288 square kilometers (2,428 square miles), roughly the size of the U.S. state...
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Down 40% in Q1, Minister Says More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A deforested and burnt plot is seen in Jamanxim National Forest in the Amazon, near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo BRASILIA (R...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is proceeding at an unprecedented rate. Felling intensity is very uneven, being concentrated in certain parts of the region. A series of LANDSAT satellite images from settlement areas in Rondonia, from 1973 through 1978, indicate that clearing trends may be ...
(3,156 square miles). located in central brazil, it is the world’s most biodiverse savannah but has fewer legal protections than the amazon. despite the success in curbing amazon deforestation, lula's government has been criticized by environmentalists for backing proje...
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85 percent in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday.
According to annual Amazon deforestation statistics, the area destroyed in Brazil has increased by more than 65 percent since 2010.
SAO PAULO (AP) — Preliminary official data published Friday indicate that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon region over the past 12 months could be at a 14-year high, adding to concerns that President Jair Bolsonaro has failed to rein in destruction of the world’s largest tropical rainforest...
The deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest has accelerated to the highest rate in more than a decade, the country's space agency said Monday. New data from INPE, the National Institute for Space Research, shows a significant rise in deforestation over the last year, which many attribute...
Brazil is facing severe drought, with water inflows at hydroelectric dams at a 91-year low, according to the Mines and Energy Ministry.BRASILIA (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose for the fourth consecutive month in June, a...
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon in November surged by 104 percent compared to the same month in 2018, according to official data released Saturday. The 563 square kilometers (217 square miles) deforested that month is also the highest number for any November since 2015, according to Brazil's...