Brazil reports drop in Amazon deforestation rates, pushing back on US tariff accusations

Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the ...
Radio France Internationale

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon slows to lowest level in six years

Brazil cut deforestation in the Amazon to its lowest level since 2019 in 2025, with tougher environmental enforcement helping reduce forest loss even as five trees continued to be felled every ...
Digital Journal

Brazil police launch raids over illegal Amazon logging

Police launched raids across Brazil on Thursday targeting environmental protection officials and companies allegedly involved in illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. The raids coincided with a ...
Newsday

Despite gains combating deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, forest degradation is a looming threat

SAO PAULO — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation in the Amazon, and indeed it has. When the next official annual ...
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Brazil reports significant decline in Amazon deforestation rates amid US tariff accusations

Brazilian officials report a significant decline in Amazon deforestation rates, countering U.S. tariff accusations. The ...
Digital Journal

Brazil exports murder-tainted illegal logging: Greenpeace

Endangered Amazon hardwood trafficked by a Brazilian exporter allegedly behind the massacre of nine farmers this year is being sold unimpeded around the world, according to environmental pressure ...

Criminal networks are targeting Amazon rainforest defenders, a new report confirms

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is driven largely by criminal networks that use violence and intimidation against those ...