By Fernanda Wenzel Major soy traders operating in Brazil announced in early January that they would abandon one ofthe world’s ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...

The amount of rainfall in the southern Amazon basin has declined by 8 to 11 per cent since 1980, largely due to the impact of ...

Explore the urgent crisis facing the Amazon rainforest in this in-depth documentary. Learn about the vital role the Amazon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Agents of the National Security Force burn illegal mining equipment during an operation by Brazilian authorities against the ...

Brazil’s biggest soy producers have withdrawn from the soy moratorium, a pledge to avoid Amazon deforestation.

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 ...

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, ...

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