Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to ... - Conservation news
3 days ago · Consumed series. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 30.6% over the past year, reaching the lowest level of destruction in nine years, according to data from the country’s national ...
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared …
6 days ago · 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 ...
Amazon finally gets rain, but after 2 years of drought, it may
Oct 30, 2024 · MANAUS, Brazil — Dark clouds rumble over the tiny Amazon River community of Nossa Senhora do Livramento. After two years of devastating drought, you might think that residents in this parched...
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...
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation drops nearly 31% compared to …
5 days ago · 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 ...
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...
Brazil's Lula pledges to finish paving road ... - Associated Press News
Sep 12, 2024 · Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to finish paving a roadway in the heart of the Amazon that experts and some in his own government say could worsen deforestation.
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 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 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 ...