Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest18 Nov 2025How lifting the Amazon's soya bean ban could threaten the rainforestThe Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing ban that has protected it.18 Nov 20254 Oct 2024New artwork to highlight deforestation damageTipping Point by Luke Jerram combine smokes, lights and sound to simulate a forest fire.4 Oct 20243 Oct 2024'It kills everything' - Amazon’s indigenous people hit by record forest fires in BrazilMore than 62,000 sq km of rainforest has burned in Brazil, this year alone.3 Oct 20244 Apr 2024Tree loss drops after political change in Brazil and ColombiaBrazil and Colombia curbed logging in 2023, but other countries wiped out many of the gains.4 Apr 202424 Jan 2024Amazon's record drought driven by climate changeThe world's largest rainforest protects us from climate change but deforestation has left it vulnerable.24 Jan 202412 Jan 2024Amazon deforestation rate dropped by 50% in 2023Preliminary data shows more than 5,000 sq km were cleared, still over six times the size of New York City.12 Jan 202426 Dec 2023Amazon drought: 'We've never seen anything like this'This year's heat and drought in the Amazon intensify worries that it is approaching a tipping point.26 Dec 20236 Sep 2023Amazon deforestation rate continues to fallFor the second month in a row, there has been a huge reduction in the year-on-year deforestation rate.6 Sep 20239 Aug 2023Amazon deal lacks concrete measures, say activistsA summit in Brazil sees the countries that share the Amazon basin agree only to a new alliance on the issue.9 Aug 2023...
