The Amazon in 2025: Challenges and hopes as the rainforest …
3 days ago · Paradoxically, while the drought and fires rage, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, home to about two-thirds of the rainforest, has plunged recently. Deforestation rates in the country dropped ...
Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in …
5 days ago · The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024. A second year of record drought contributed to wildfires that worsened deforestation across the massive forest, which spans Brazil, Peru, Colombia and other Latin American nations and is a critical counterweight to climate chang
Amazon Rainforest | Plants, Animals, Climate, & Deforestation
5 days ago · Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km). It is the world’s richest and most-varied biological reservoir, containing several million species.
Extreme drought, wildfires and deforestation battered the Amazon …
5 days ago · Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6 percent compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in nine years.
Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia
In 2019 Brazil's protections of the Amazon rainforest were slashed, resulting in a severe loss of trees. [136] According to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose more than 50% in the first three months of 2020 compared to the same three-month period in 2019.
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is down to lowest …
Aug 8, 2024 · BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when officials began using the current method of measurement.
Amazon rainforest in Brazil – statistics & facts | Statista
Jan 10, 2024 · Commonly referred to as the lungs of our planet, this rainforest harbors the most diverse ecosystem in the world. Spanning across nine South American countries, the magnitude of such natural haven...
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Forest - ArcGIS StoryMaps
Nov 8, 2024 · Explore the Amazon rainforest's alarming deforestation, its impact on biodiversity and climate change, and urgent conservation needs.
How Brazilian forest states are leading the global fight against ...
Oct 17, 2024 · The Brazilian Amazon rainforest stores vast amounts of carbon, nurtures biodiversity, and regulates the planet’s climate. Yet, as fires, deforestation, and the resulting public health crises escalate, Brazilian states are facing enormous challenges, with limited resources to tackle them.
Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon Has Reached a Record High.
Aug 24, 2022 · Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest is threatening to accelerate past a point of no return. Countries and international organizations have called on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to...