Brazil once had the highest deforestation rate in the world and in 2005 still had the largest area of forest removed annually. Since 1970, over 700,000...

ranching in the Brazilian Amazon has been identified as the primary cause of deforestation, accounting for about 80% of all deforestation in the region...

includes an agreement to prevent deforestation, but does not stipulate actions to fulfil it. By 2008, deforestation in Africa was estimated to be occurring...

The direct cause of most deforestation is agriculture by far. More than 80% of deforestation was attributed to agriculture in 2018. Forests are being converted...

biodiversity. Deforestation in Brazil is a major issue; the country once had the highest rate of deforestation in the world. By far the most deforestation comes...

the decline in deforestation rate in Brazil, due to the government's policies, while Columbia, Peru and Bolivia also reduced deforestation. In January 2024...

in 2010, the rate of deforestation continued to increase to an estimated 840,000 hectares in 2012, surpassing deforestation in Brazil. Deforestation in...

that deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is at its lowest level since 2016. 8 August – Brazil orders the expulsion of the Nicaraguan ambassador in retaliation...

the Amazon rainforest, are in what is called the "deforestation arc". Deforestation within Brazil is partially driven by growing demand for beef and...

such as deforestation) has direct impacts on global issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss. The territory of present-day Brazil was inhabited...