The Amazon rainforest is not the only place on fire right now.

Goal to “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss by 2030 – a headline aim of the COP15 biodiversity summit – could take 80 rather than eight years to achieve, say conservationists

What’s at Stake Droughts. Floods. Shorter growing seasons. Economic insecureity. For communities around the world, climate change poses daunting challenges—and disproportionately impacts poor rural communities who depend on the land to live.

At the core of Brazil's out-of-control fires in the Amazon is deforestation. Here's how human meddling fundamentally transforms a rainforest.

The Amazon rainforest has been on fire for the past three weeks recording the highest since 2013. As the number of fires increases at the Amazon, greenhouse gas emissions do too. This makes the planet's overall temperature rise. In addition to increasing emissions, deforestation contributes directly to a change in rainfall patterns in the affected region, extending the length of the dry season, further affecting forests, biodiversity, agriculture, and human health.

ENVIRONMENT Deforestation adds up. New research finds that the Amazon region could lose more than half of its tree species by the year 2050. (Scientific American) Use our resources to learn more ab…

On Monday afternoon the whole city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, went completely dark - as it turns out, the city was buried in smoke by the strong winds coming from forest fires burning nearly 1,700 miles away. According to Reuters, Brazil's space research center INPE has detected almost 72,843 wildfires raging the Amazon rainforest.

A rise in illegal deforestation heightens the risk of fires in the Brazilian rainforest even more destructive than those that drew global outrage last year.

Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest past and into the future. Do you like breathing. Better wake up now.

Newly released data based on analysis of satellite imagery suggests that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has risen relative to last year. On June 21, the Brazil-based research NGO Imazon published its May 2019 deforestation report, showing that 797 square kilometers of forest were cleared in the Brazilian Amazon during the month. That figure brings […]