Sources: Global Forest Watch/RAISG Map data: Natural Earth *including the biogeographical limits, administrative regions and ...
As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to ...
Freshwater habitats cover less than 1% of the planet's surface but support 10% of its animal species, a zoologist and study ...
South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis.
At its lowest level in the region for the past nine years in km2 *measured from the month of August to July in the year ...
Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that's a critical counterweight ...
These results are being celebrated as a major win for conservationists and climate advocates. The Brazilian government, led ...
Although the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) mentions slowing deforestation rates in its “State of the World’s ...
And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires were set to more easily clear land to run cattle. The Amazon is twice the size of India and sprawls across ...
Since the start of the 21st century, major planetary ecosystems, like the Amazon rainforest and Antarctica have consistently ...
Brazil's Amazon rainforest experienced its highest number of fires in 17 years in 2024, government data published last week ...