Deforestation exacerbated deadly Brazil floods: experts
By Anna PELEGRI PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 22, 2024 (AFP) - The floods devastating southern Brazil have been exacerbated by…
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Mountain forests disappearing at alarming rate: study
by Chris Lefkow Agence France Presse Washington, United States (AFP) -- Logging, wildfires and farming are causing mountain forests, habitat…
3 years ago
Long lost Madagascar songbird seen again in wild
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- Conservationists were celebrating Wednesday the first sightings in 24 years of…
3 years ago
One third of Amazon ‘degraded’ by human activity, drought: study
Washington, United States (AFP) -- More than one third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity…
3 years ago
Brazil deforestation shatters April record
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month shattered the record for April, destroying…
4 years ago
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits January record
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new record for January just three weeks…
4 years ago
The women guarding India’s rainforest ‘refugees’
by Laurence THOMANN Agence France-Presse WAYANAD, India (AFP) - As deforestation and climate change ravage India's UNESCO heritage-listed Western Ghats…
5 years ago
COP26 leaders vow new drive to save forests, pledge to end deforestation by 2030
by Jitendra JOSHI / Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) -- World leaders will conclude a two-day…
5 years ago
Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon hits record in April
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon hit a record last month, the government reported Friday…
5 years ago
Brazil’s Bolsonaro promises Biden to end deforestation, seeks financial help
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- President Jair Bolsonaro wrote a letter to his US counterpart Joe Biden pledging to end illegal…
5 years ago
Forest loss ‘hotspots’ bigger than Germany: WWF
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — More than 43 million hectares of forest -- an area bigger…
5 years ago
New worry over August deforestation in Brazilian Amazon
RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil (AFP) — Last month was the second-worst August on record for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon,…
6 years ago
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