Aerial view of an area of Amazon rainforest deforested by illegal fire in the municipality of Labrea, Amazonas State, Brazil, Aug. 20, 2024. Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images Paving these roadways ...

Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, is the capital and largest ... purports to show an aerial view of where the ...

After an aerial tour to view the ecosystems and deforestation, Biden said he was proud to visit the region. He signed a U.S. proclamation designating Nov. 17 as International Conservation Day.

Aerial view of an illegal fire in the Amazon rainforest on the banks of the BR-230 (Transamazon Highway), near the city of Labrea, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, Sept. 4, 2024. Michael Dantas ...

Aerial view of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest, near the Lago do Cunia Extractive Reserve, on the border of the states of Rondonia and Amazonas, northern Brazil, on August 31, 2022.

The smoke resulting from some of these wildfires was also captured in satellite images released ... people to evacuate Reuters reported the Amazon rainforest has experienced a record number ...

Such, still, is the vastness of the Amazon rainforest. Yet this aerial view is deceptive. At ground level large swathes of the forest have been eaten away. It is an assault that began centuries ...

With his visit Sunday, Biden became the first sitting American president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest. After an aerial tour to view the ecosystems and deforestation, Biden said he was ...