A recent report from Brazil’s national space agency showed that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is the lowest it’s been in a decade. The news made headlines and was lauded as an example of the ...

The result was a sample of 5.5 million specimens, of which around 600,000 will ultimately have sections of their DNA ...

A voluntary soy deforestation pact has collapsed after nearly two decades of success. This collapse is predicted to cause significant future deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Researchers ...

In an incredible display of endurance, Bartłomiej Kubkowski undertook a monumental 160-kilometer swim from Sweden to Poland ...

Brazil is using forensic science to tackle illegal gold mining in the Amazon, a top threat to the rainforest, Indigenous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illegal mining has been a driver of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest (Evaristo Sa) Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Brazil has built one of the world’s most important protected-area systems, but a new study finds that most federal protected areas remain ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Amazon rainforest. Neil Palmer / CIAT The Brazilian Amazon is on pace to see forest clearing hit a record low this year, ...

Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc announced today, May 29th, at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Bonn, a commitment to create 4 new protected areas, 3 of them in the Brazilian ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is seeking re-election in October elections, has promised to eradicate illegal deforestation by 2030.