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The latest Amazon forest fires news, articles and analysis from the The Sydney Morning Herald

The latest Amazon forest fires news, articles and analysis from the WAtoday

The latest Amazon forest fires news, articles and analysis from the The Age

(Reuters) - Brazil vowed last year to halt deforestation by 2030, yet the number of fires burning in the country's Amazon rainforest hit a 15-year high in June. Burning season began last month and the rate of forest clearing remains high.

By Jake Spring and Carolina Pulice SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's environmental authority on Thursday granted an initial permit that will allow a majo...

By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Legalizing mining on indigenous land and other protected areas in Brazil's Amazon rainforest would lead to thousa...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian presidential election frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva favors reopening talks on a stalled European Union trade deal with South American trade bloc Mercosur to add provisions on environmental protection, human rights and technology, a senior foreign policy adviser said.

As Brazil’s wetlands burned and as the country illegally shipped wood from the Amazon and scaled back environmental enforcement amid the pandemic, award-winning journalist Jake Spring of Reuters was there, telling tough, sometimes dangerous stories. Spring shares insights into his “just the facts” reporting, including the surprises and the lessons, and offers some practical

By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record high for the first six months of the year, as an are...

By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record high for the first six months of the year, as an are...