Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest ...

When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in 2023, he vowed to end deforestation by 2030, after rainforest destruction rose to a 12-year high under da Silva's predecessor, Jair ...

Brazil’s government said it could not interfere with a landmark EU law banning imports of commodities linked to deforestation ... not grown on land deforested after 2020 or risk hefty fines.

The Brazilian government is discussing ... Forest Satellite Monitoring Service. However, after four consecutive years of high rates, annual deforestation fell 22% to 9,001 km 2 between August ...

Last month, vice president Hamilton Mourao announced a military operation against Amazonian deforestation. Two weeks ago, Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles resigned after the Supreme Court ...