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

A vast portion of the Amazon rainforest has been cleared to build ... Many argue that the deforestation contradicts the very purpose of the climate summit, according to the BBC.

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85% in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday. The 9,166 square kilometers cleared was the highest ...

The Amazon rainforest, crucial for the global ecosystem, is threatened by mass deforestation for agricultural purposes. As a ...