As a result, Bolivia lost 14,800 square kilometres of forest in 2024, the second-most of any country, up 200% from 2023. It ...

The map at the top shows current levels of connectivity of the rivers of the Amazon Basin. The map at the bottom ... free-flowing large rivers in the world,” says Alexandre Gross, an ...

Since January, a series of forest fires have been threatening the entire Amazon basin, which is known as the “lungs of the world,” due to its extensive forests and vast biodiversity.

BRASILIA, Brazil — Holder of one-fifth of the world’s fresh water ... navigation to increasing forest fires. “The Amazon Basin is facing one of the most severe droughts in recent years ...

from Britain to support conservation of the Congo Basin - the world's second-largest rainforest. Sign up here. A more intact forest than regions like the Amazon, Central Africa's Congo Basin saw ...

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The eight countries that comprise the Amazon River basin agreed on several initiatives to curtail deforestation in the world’s largest ... provides a road map to stave off the rampant ...

Notwithstanding these and other obstacles, new technologies are helping to optimize detection, deterrence and disruption of environmental crime, including in the Amazon Basin. Governments ...

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen launched on Saturday a new effort with Amazon basin governments to disrupt illicit finance that fuels nature crimes, including ...

In 2023, the Amazon basin suffered its most severe drought in at least 45 years – which scientists at the World Weather Attribution group found had been made many times more likely by climate ...