Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is responsible for approximately 74.5% of the reduction in rainfall and 16.5% of the temperature increase in the biome during the dry season. For the first time, ...

President Lula is pledging to reduce deforestation to zero by 2030 and is calling for a reduction of greenhouse gases by 67% compared with 2005 levels.

More than 100 countries pledged Tuesday to end deforestation in the coming decade — a promise that experts say would be critical to limiting climate change but one that has been made and broken before ...

Brazilian leaders unveiled a new national climate plan Monday that prioritises enhanced forest protections as a key strategy in reducing gre.

In Brazil’s Mato Grosso state, the country’s agricultural heartland, vast stretches of lush Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna give way to seemingly endless fields of soy. Located in a transition ...

The famously verdant Amazon rainforest is in danger of transforming into a dry savannah as various environmental indicators, such as deforestation and climate change, are pushing the ecosystem to a ...

Every year, globally millions of acres of forests are cleared for development, grazing or crops. When this happens, most of the organic carbon stored in the original forest is released into the ...

Carbon dioxide gets most of the attention when people talk about climate change, and for good reason. Carbon dioxide contributes the largest share of warming, accounting for approximately 66% of the ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has fallen for the fourth straight year, the government said Thursday, a boost for the country just days before it hosts UN climate talks. Brazil is home to ...

BELEM, Brazil — Maria Gorete, who just began ranching three years ago, is doing something new with her 76 head of cattle in the Brazilian countryside near the town of Novo Repartimento. She's piercing ...

For Zimbabwe, a country whose economy and livelihoods are deeply tied to natural resources, the stakes are particularly high. Confronting human-induced climate change is, therefore, not only an ...

In this interview, Babatunde Aina, Group Chief Financial Officer of GreenPlinth Africa Limited, spoke with LYDIA ENYIDIYA EKE, and ...