Marcos Terán has worked in and around the Matos River in Bolivia for years, collecting data and collaborating with local ...

By Manuela Andreoni The world’s largest river, the Amazon ... climate change has fueled much of the Amazon’s problems, it is also true that deforestation has gradually chipped away at the ...

In 2006, environmental nonprofits and some of the world’s largest soybean traders came together in a landmark “soy moratorium ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to ...

Since 2010, loosened state legislation has contributed to the spread of authorized deforestation in western Bahia, where ...

A historic agreement that's helped curb deforestation in Brazil's Amazon for nearly two decades suffered a major blow after Mato Grosso, the country's largest soybean-producing state, passed a law ...

The estimate comes from the National Institute for Space Research, which tracks Brazil's official deforestation rate. This ...

AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — A historic agreement that's helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly two decades suffered a major blow after Mato Grosso, the country´s largest ...

Brazilian State Law Overturns Soy Moratorium That Helped Curb Amazon Deforestation AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — A historic agreement that's helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly ...

A machine plants soybeans on a farm in a rural area of Sidrolandia, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, Oct. 22, 2022. Agua Clara, Brazil — A historic agreement that’s helped curb deforestation ...

FILE - A machine plants soybeans on a farm in a rural area of Sidrolandia, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) (Eraldo ...