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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government reported on Thursday a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country's Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aerial view of triggered forest fire and deforestation for planting soya beans in the Amazon Rainforest, Vilhena - Rondonia state ...

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Major soy traders operating in Brazil announced in early January that they would abandon one ofthe world’s most successful zero-deforestation agreements, known as the soy moratorium. As a result, ...

The Amazon Rainforest is approaching a dangerous threshold. Scientists warn that continued deforestation could push the world’s largest rainforest past a tipping point, transforming it into a degraded ...

Brazil’s President Lula apparently lives in a “disinformation space” surrounded by ministers promoting projects that destroy the Amazon Rainforest and lock in petroleum extraction for decades to come, ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ...

This was no ordinary tree. Tidy diagonal scars ran up and down its trunk in tightly organized chevrons. The lines were as parallel as the black, red, and white stripes of the São Paolo FC jersey that ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency ...