Deforestation is drying out the Amazon rainforest faster than previously thought

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...
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Amazon deforestation could speed up in 2020: expert

OSLO (Reuters) - Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest threatens to accelerate and draw increased global concern since no new fire prevention measures have been taken in the crucial run-up to ...

Why deforestation matters—and what we can do to stop it

Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and retains heat at ...

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

Destruction of the world’s largest tropical rainforest drops significantly after having skyrocketed in July, August and ...
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Amazon deforestation increases 25 percent in Brazil

Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon increased by a record 25 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2020, official data released Friday showed, increasing pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro to ...
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Brazil’s soya moratorium slowed Amazon deforestation. Now it’s challenged

Aerial view of triggered forest fire and deforestation for planting soya beans in the Amazon Rainforest, Vilhena - Rondonia state [Courtesy Andre Dib, WWF Brazil] Since 2007, Marcelo Salazar has been ...

Analysis-global grain traders' green pledges face skepticism as deal to protect Brazil's rainforest unravels

By Manuela Andreoni and Ana Mano SAO PAULO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Environmental groups are skeptical about whether grain traders that supply livestock feed to global meat markets will keep pledges to ...