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Brazil tells landowners to stop setting fires in Amazon 'climate emergency'
Reuters via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBrazil's government told ranchers and farmers on Friday to stop setting fire to the Amazon...
Worst Brazil forest fires in a decade, yet election silence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt is the first time since 2010 that fires in the Amazon surpassed 40,000 in a single month. The...
Number of Brazil Amazon fires hits five-year high in August
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSatellite sensors detected 33,116 fires according to Brazil's national space institute. The dry...
Fed Up, Developing Countries Form Alliance to Charge More For Rainforest Conservation
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAerial picture showing a deforested piece of land in the Amazon rainforest near an area affected by...
Brazil's Pantanal wetlands see record fires even before dry season
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBrazil's Pantanal, one of the world's largest tropical wetlands, is seeing record fires in June,...
Brazil, France launch $1.1 billion program to protect Amazon rainforest
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazil and France on Tuesday launched an investment program to protect the...
Brazil's Amazon sees worst August fires in over a decade
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in August to the highest for the month since 2010,...
The Fate of the Amazon Is on the Line as Brazil Goes Back to the Polls
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoView of a burnt are of the Amazonia rainforest in Apui, southern Amazonas State, Brazil, on...
Macron to visit Amazon rainforest with Lula on 3-day Brazil tour
Reuters via AOL· 3 months agoFrench President Emmanuel Macron, who criticized Brazil's previous government for failing to protect...
Explainer-Causes and consequences of Amazon fires and deforestation
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBy Jake Spring and Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - Brazil vowed last year to halt deforestation by 2030,...