Researchers found that between 2002 and 2015, a 3.2% reduction in Brazilian forest cover led to a 5.4% reduction in ...

A recent report by the nonprofit Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV) found that the operations of French retailer Casino Group in ...

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest inside the Jaci-Parana conservation zone and turned it into pasture.

Long-term drought could cause ‘profound change’ in Amazon rainforest – study - Researchers believe climate change may cause ...

U.N. climate conference descends on the small Brazilian rainforest city of Belém in November 2025, it will be tempting to ...

but most of its herd is in the Amazon, the world's largest and most biodiverse rainforest. Research shows cattle ranching there is a major driver of deforestation. Last year, deforestation in the ...

It is also the Brazilian state with the largest amount of carbon emissions, as deforestation accounts for roughly half of the country’s total output. The Amazon rainforest is an important ...

Legal loopholes The expectation that illegally used land will become sanctioned has been the main driver of deforestation in the Amazon. Land-grabbers clear land in hopes it will eventually be ...

but gaps in oversight mean much of the Amazon's beef supply chain remains linked to forest destruction.

lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rondonia have passed legislation in favor of hundreds of cattle ranchers who had illegally converted swathes of Amazon rainforest into pasture land. The new ...