Destruction of the world’s largest tropical rainforest drops significantly ... Note: The number released for January 2020 includes deforestation total through the 30th of that month.

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest ... The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest and is considered key to the fight against climate change because of the vast amounts ...

Tropical rainforests are hot and wet ... There are many causes of rainforest deforestation, which leads to loss of habitats, soil erosion, flooding and global warming. International agreements ...

Brazilian law allows some legal deforestation on private land designated for economic use, such as cattle ranching and soy production. In the Amazon Rainforest, landowners can clear up to 20% of ...

New data from a non-profit reveals that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest ... of the Brazilian deforestation mapping initiative ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian portion of the Amazon rainforest slowed over the last ... Last year, Brazil and Colombia helped drive the rate of tropical forest loss towards a 9 percent decrease ...

Learn about what threatens the wet, layered forest and what you can do to help. 2 min read More than half of Earth’s rain forests have already been lost due to the human demand for wood and ...