It’s welcome news for Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is on track for reelection in October polls.

Deforestation has fallen but harsh realities remain ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler [( Satellite alerts suggest deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is continuing to fall, putting the ...

PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Brazilian environmental agents seized the equivalent of more than 5,000 truckloads of timber in an operation targeting one of the most heavily logged regions of the Amazon ...

Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the ...

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat ...

Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds ...

Brazilian Amazon deforestation fell to its lowest level since 2017, according to Brazil’s Deforestation Alert System (SAD), ...

Rates of deforestation decreased significantly during the last year in Colombia and Brazil, two Amazonian nations that have historically been among the 10 countries with the highest forest loss in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Brazil just delivered a rare piece of encouraging climate news. According to Nation of Change, deforestation ...

Amazonia is currently undergoing rapid and concerning changes that threaten its ecological balance and its crucial role in mitigating global climate change. Deforestation and wildfires have resulted ...