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

A justice on Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the federal government to seize private properties when owners are found ...

Government officials say the new roadway is “sustainable,” but with its placement through the Amazon – which plays a ... the roadway’s effects on the swath of rainforest. “From the moment of ...

Critics argue it legitimizes illegal deforestation ... groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest under the guise of economic development. The amendment eliminates ...

According to a January report, in recent years, deforestation due to soy production ... frontier ever deeper into the rainforest. “The Amazon offers far more land than anywhere else.

Critics say the change could legitimize years of illegal deforestation ... amendments Peru holds the second-largest share of Amazon rainforest after Brazil, with over 70 million hectares ...

FILE - Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park, seen in the background near Chambira community, in Peru's Amazon ... deforestation in the Amazon rainforest under ...