Brazil drought: Stark pictures reveal dramatic shrinking of major
Sep 30, 2024 — CNN — Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet — have plunged to record-low levels, upending lives, stranding boats, and threatening endangered dolphins as...
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared …
Nov 6, 2024 — 3 of 3. By FABIANO MAISONNAVE. AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 6,288 square kilometers (2,428 square miles), roughly the size of the U.S. state of ...
Brazil: Amazon sees worst deforestation levels in 15 years - BBC
Nov 19, 2021 — Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years, official data shows. A report by Brazil's space research agency (Inpe) found that deforestation...
Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon Has Reached a Record ...
Aug 24, 2022 — New data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research shows that more than 3,980 square kilometers of the Amazon—an area five times the size of New York City—were cleared in the first...
Amazon deforestation at six-year-low in Brazil after ... - CNN
Aug 4, 2023 — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66% last month compared to July 2022 and is now at its lowest rate in six years, according to preliminary data released by Brazil’s National...
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.
Brazil's Amazon Summit ends with a plan to protect the world's ...
Aug 9, 2023 — BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Amazon Summit closed Wednesday with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests that was welcomed as an important step in countering climate change, but without the concrete commitments sought by …
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Falls to a Five-Year Low
Nov 9, 2023 — Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to a five-year low, the country’s National Institute of Space Research announced on Thursday, a sign that Brazil, which has the biggest...
Severe drought has returned to the Amazon. And it's ... - NBC News
Aug 3, 2024 — BRASILIA, Brazil — Holder of one-fifth of the world’s fresh water, the Amazon is beginning the dry season with many of its rivers already at critically low levels, prompting governments to...
Amazon rainforest: Deforestation rate halved in 2023 - BBC
The rate of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell by nearly 50% in 2023 compared to the previous year, space agency data suggests.