Forest lines the Combu creek, on Combu Island on the banks of the Guama River, near the city of Belem, Para state, Brazil, Aug. 6, 2023. Eraldo Peres/AP The Avenida Liberdade highway incorporates ...

Brazil experienced a dramatic surge in forest fires in 2024, with 30.8 million hectares of land burned—a 79% increase compared to the previous year. This alarming data was revealed in a report ...

WWF is racing against the clock to protect what remains of this once great forest. The Atlantic Forest stretches from northeast Brazil, south along the Brazilian Atlantic coastline and inland into ...

The researchers highlighted two major deforestation hotspots: a northern area covering Bahia and Minas Gerais, where eucalyptus plantations and pasture expansions dominated; and a southern hotspot in ...