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Brazil's Amazon deforestation falls 11% even as fires surge to record levels

BOGOTA, Colombia — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Brazil records 65 percent drop in Amazon area burned by fire

The area of Amazon rainforest lost to fires in Brazil in July fell 65 percent compared to a year ago, the MapBiomas monitoring platform said Wednesday, boosting the government as it prepares to host ...
KRQE Blogs

Germany’s Merz under fire in Brazil for his comments on Amazon host city of COP30

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities on Tuesday railed against comments by Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz in which he appeared to look down on Belem, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest ...
Mongabay

Brazil suspends Amazon Soy Moratorium, raising fears of deforestation spike

Brazil’s antitrust regulator suspended a key mechanism for rainforest protection, the Amazon Soy Moratorium, on Aug. 18, less than three months before the nation hosts the COP30 climate summit. The ...
The New York Times

Save the Amazon or Drill for Oil? Brazil Says It Can Do Both.

Brazil, which is hosting the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference this month, wants to show the world it’s a leader in safeguarding the planet. Its record tells a more complicated story. By Ana Ionova ...