Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made progress on a pledge to rein in ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savanna rose to a seven-year high, government data showed on Wednesday, destroying a vital habitat for threatened species and releasing huge amounts of greenhouse ...

Amazon Deforestation Rate Up 29 Percent From Last Year, Study Finds : The Two-Way Brazil's National Institute for Space Research found that more than 3,000 square miles of forest cover were lost ...

Every day, deforestation brings the rainforest closer to what scientists warn will be its death, when the loss of tree cover finally pushes it past the point of no return and the world loses its ...

The destruction of the world’s rainforests ramped up last year, despite global pledges to end deforestation by 2030, according to a new report.. An area of tropical forest the size of ...

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to a five-year low, the country’s National Institute of Space Research announced on Thursday, a sign that Brazil, which has the biggest ...