The company says it will offset the carbon “by investing in projects that include planting trees or protecting against deforestation.” Continue reading →

Environment ministry officials say they will meet the Amazon region’s governors to discuss ways to reduce deforestation. Continue reading →

“This is nature defending herself,” said an XR co-founder, protesting one day after the ban was imposed. “I’m doing this for your children.” Continue reading →

Brazil’s National Space Research Institute says fires have increased about 80% in Brazil this year when compared to the same period last year. A little over half those fires are in the Amazon. Continue reading →

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

The president of Brazil did not say when the armed forces would get involved but suggested that action could be imminent. Continue reading →

Fires in the Amazon have surged by 83 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier, government figures show, and environmentalists blamed the sharp rise on farmers setting the forest alight to clear land for pasture. Continue reading →

Onyx Lorenzoni, the Brazilian president’s chief of staff, accused European countries of exaggerating environmental problems in Brazil in order to disrupt its commercial interests. Continue reading →

Canada is among five countries who house 70 per cent of the world’s wilderness areas but changing environmental policies around the globe threaten those wild spaces. Continue reading →

Authorities in Mexico say deforestation caused by the expansion of avocado orchards is much higher than previously thought. Continue reading →