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This Planet satellite image shows how extreme drought in the Amazon has reduced the Rio Negro to a trickle. Image Ⓒ 2023 Planet Labs PBC

Despite severe drought, Amazon deforestation continues to slow

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Oct 2023
Asian elephant

Protected areas a boon for vertebrate diversity in wider landscape, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 15 Sep 2023
Rainbow over the Amazon rainforest

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest continues to plunge

Mongabay.com 8 Sep 2023
A rancher herds cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

How the Amazon’s ‘greatest devastator’ sold cattle to a Carrefour supplier 

Marina Rossi, Daniel Camargos, Hyury Potter 29 Aug 2023
Rainforest in the upper Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Amazon deforestation continues to fall under Lula

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2023
Deforestation in the Amazon in 2023. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Six months into Lula’s presidency, Amazon deforestation is dropping rapidly

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2023

Nearly 30% of all tree cover in Africa may be outside of forests, study says

Malavika Vyawahare 2 Jun 2023
Fire near the Manicoré River in Amazonas state in August 2022. Photo © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Deforestation accelerated in Brazil while climate talks were underway in Egypt

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2022
Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms drone.

Despite 11% drop in 2022, Amazon deforestation rate has soared under Bolsonaro

Karla Mendes 2 Dec 2022
Fire near the Manicoré River in Amazonas state in August 2022. Photo © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

In final days before Bolsonaro’s defeat, deforestation boomed in Brazil

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2022
Fire near the Manicoré River in Amazonas state in August 2022. Photo © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Ahead of election, deforestation increased in Brazil

Mongabay.com 7 Oct 2022

Crimes against the Amazon reverberate across Brazil, analysis shows

Elizabeth Oliveira 31 Aug 2022
Candeias do Jamari, Rondônia state.Greenpeace Brazil flew over the southern Amazonas and northern Rondônia states in Brazil to monitor deforestation and forest fires in the Amazon in July 2022. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Indepedent watchdog confirms rampant deforestation in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 31 Aug 2022
Apuí, Amazonas state. Greenpeace Brazil flew over the southern Amazonas and northern Rondônia states in Brazil to monitor deforestation and forest fires in the Amazon in July 2022. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Amazon deforestation on pace to roughly match last year’s rate of loss

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Aug 2022
Global Forest Watch forest cover change alerts near Porto Velho in the State of Rondônia, Brazil in 2022.

Amazon deforestation is off to the fastest start to a year since 2008

Mongabay.com 8 Jul 2022

For fire-ravaged northern Thailand, there’s now an app to battle the blaze

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 28 Feb 2022

Tech revolution holds world of promise for conservation, but challenges persist

Caitlin Looby 2 Feb 2022
Composite image. Left: Amazon rainforest - photo credit: Rhett A. Butler. Right: Burning forest in the Brazilian Amazon - image credit: Greenpeace

The year in rainforests 2021

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2021
Zuzana Burivalova. Photo credit: Tobias Corts

Bioacoustics researcher wins top award for positive impact toward solving global challenges

Erik Hoffner 2 Dec 2021
Bolivia

With La Niña conditions back, is it good news for tropical forests?

Carolyn Cowan 22 Nov 2021
Heat spots in areas with Prodes warnings (2017-2019). Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Lábrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Amazon deforestation unexpectedly surges 22% to highest level since 2006

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Nov 2021
NASA Landsat image showing fishbone deforestation along roads in Sao Joao da Baliza, Roraima, Brazil in 2021.

The Amazon has highest October forest loss since at least 2007

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2021
Deforestation in Borneo. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / mongabay

What countries are leaders in reducing deforestation? Which are not?

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Nov 2021
Mills linked to a refinery. Courtesy of palmoil.io

Data-driven platform looks to clear up fog of palm oil traceability

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Nov 2021

To predict forest loss in protected areas, look at nearby unprotected forest

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 13 Oct 2021
Aerial view of an area in the Amazon deforested for cattle pasture in Candeias do Jamari, Rondônia state. Overflights organized by the Amazon in Flames Alliance -- Amazon Watch, Greenpeace Brazil and the Brazilian Climate Observatory -- between September 13th and 17th documented land use change and fire around the cities of Porto Velho, Rondônia, and Lábrea, Amazonas. Photo © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas (Amazon in Flames Alliance)

Brazil reports increase in Amazon logging

Mongabay.com 11 Oct 2021
Forest fire in a degraded area in the Mapinguari National Park, in Lábrea, Amazonas state on July 29, 2021. Photo © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

After surge, Amazon deforestation slows for second straight month

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2021
Fire in a recently deforested area in Aripuanã, Mato Grosso on Jul 30, 2021. Photo © Christian Braga/Greenpeace

Independent monitoring suggests sharp jump in Amazon rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Aug 2021
Fireflies illuminate the forest. Image by Roberto Marchegiani via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Loss of mangroves dims the light on firefly populations in Malaysia

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 15 Aug 2021
Forest fire in a deforested area in an undesignated public forest in Porto Velho, Rondônia on July 29, 2021. Photo © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

July data put Brazil on track for slight reduction in Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2021

More than 250 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, despite Brazil’s ban

Liz Kimbrough 3 Aug 2021
Grey-cheeked mangabey

Arboreal camera traps add ‘tons of value’ to forest canopy research

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jul 2021

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