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Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to lowest level in 9 years
By Rhett A. Butler Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 30.6% over the past year, reaching the lowest level of ...
The Cool Down on MSN3d
New report uncovers disturbing factor driving crisis in Amazon rainforest: 'This ... situation has spurred the Brazilian government into action'
The Lula administration has announced plans to increase fines for violators. New report uncovers disturbing factor driving ...
Business Line5d
Can Brazil save the Amazon rainforest? Marina Silva is trying
which benefited the most from aggressive tree-clearing. There’s also the Amazon Fund. After Lula launched it in 2008, other countries began to give Brazil donations toward halting deforestation ...
France 247d
Amazon deforestation drops to nine-year low, says Brazil
Yearly deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by almost a third since August 2023, the Brazilian government said on Wednesday, plummeting to a nine-year low after historic droughts and ...
The Washington Post8d
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year
AGUA CLARA, Brazil — Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span ...
Phys.org7d
Brazil's Amazon posts lowest deforestation in nine years: govt
The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to ...