The Amazon’s protected areas are “expensive to manage” because “many are vast” and “some are difficult to reach”, so a field ...

In 2025, the area deforested in the country fell below 1 million hectares in a year for the first time since 2019. A total of ...

Colombia this month enacted a landmark law designed to stop deforestation connected to cattle ranching, a move that ...

It’s welcome news for Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is on track for reelection in October polls.

The Brazilian Amazon experienced a 47% decrease in deforestation in April compared to last year, marking the lowest level in five years, and a 51% decrease over the past 12 months. Since President ...

Brazil cut deforestation in the Amazon to its lowest level since 2019 in 2025, with tougher environmental enforcement helping reduce forest loss even as five trees continued to be felled every ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler [( Satellite alerts suggest deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is continuing to fall, putting the ...

Colombia has enacted a law aimed at preventing cattle linked to deforestation from entering beef supply chains by connecting ...

Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 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 ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest increased in July for the first time in 15 months, according to official data released Wednesday. An area of 666 square kilometers (250 square miles) was ...