The reduction is especially notable after deforestation increased under former president Jair Bolsonaro.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in eight years during the most recent monitoring period, according to new data from the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute, ...

Environmentalists hail decline but warn weakened laws could reverse gains ...

Turkish academic warns destruction of critical carbon sink forests could make combating climate change ‘almost impossible’. - ...

There are signs that policy can make a difference.

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ...

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Deforestation harms the planet and humans in many ways. Trees play a major role in the global effort to slow the pace of climate change, preserve wildlife, and support more than eight billion people.

In 2024, the world lost 6.7 million hectares of tropical primary rainforest, the highest level of loss in at least two decades. That’s nearly double the destruction recorded in 2023. Fires were the ...

Deforestation coupled with climate change is rapidly pushing the Amazon Rainforest toward a perilous tipping point that could ...