Amazon Deforestation

• Here’s how Brazil plans to end Amazon deforestation by 2030

  The Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Amazon sets a coordinated policy across more than a dozen ministries through the end of Lula's term in 2027.

  Environment

  Jun 5, 2023
  
• Amazon rainforest deforestation down 11 per cent from last year, report says

  The Amazon rainforest is the most biodiverse forest in the world, and the home of tribes that have lived in the forest for thousands of years, some of them living in isolation.

  World

  Nov 30, 2022
  
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• Brazil to move up goal to end illegal deforestation of Amazon rainforest: vice president

  The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest and is considered a major bulwark against climate change.

  Environment

  Oct 25, 2021
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• Brazil’s Amazon rainforest sees deforestation rise for 4th straight month

  Protecting the Amazon rainforest is vital to curbing climate charge due to the large amount of greenhouse gases it absorbs, scientists say.

  World

  Jul 9, 2021
• Brazil to redeploy military to Amazon in effort to curb increased deforestation

  This will mark the third time that President Jair Bolsonaro has dispatched troops to the Amazon, following two "Operation Green Brazil" deployments that ended in April.

  Environment

  Jun 29, 2021
• Canada urged to halt trade talks with Brazil due to Amazon deforestation

  The federal government is being urged to halt trade talks with Brazil after another summer of record-breaking fires in the Amazon rainforest.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2020
• Amazon fire blamed on deforestation — a look at the problem globally

  Deforestation is a problem in many parts of the world, not just the Amazon rainforest.

  Environment

  Aug 30, 2019
• Forget oxygen — the Amazon’s destruction could threaten rain and food growing: experts

  The Amazon wildfires may not be wiping out the "lungs of the planet," but they could be threatening important rainfall.

  Environment

  Aug 29, 2019
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• Amazon wildfires: A look at what’s fact and what isn’t

  According to Brazil’s space research centre, more Amazon rainforest fires are burning right now than ever recorded before.

  Environment

  Aug 22, 2019