By Carlos NobreIlona SzaboRobert Muggah The Amazon is approaching a dangerous threshold. Long understood as the world’s ...

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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government reported on Thursday a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country's Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a ...

Up to 36% of the Amazon rainforest may resist severe drought far better than scientists previously assumed, according to a ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ...

This was no ordinary tree. Tidy diagonal scars ran up and down its trunk in tightly organized chevrons. The lines were as parallel as the black, red, and white stripes of the São Paolo FC jersey that ...

A new study finds flaws in forest carbon credit baselines that could allow countries to earn billions without cutting ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ...

Can a sneaker brand help counter Amazon deforestation? This was no ordinary tree. Tidy diagonal scars ran up and down its trunk in tightly organized chevrons. The lines were as parallel as the black, ...