# deforestation

This year

2023

# Brazil

Brazilian Amazon deforestation up 150% in Bolsonaro's last month in office

Under Bolsonaro, average annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose by 75.5% from the previous decade.

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Jan 6th 2023, 8:26 PM

Last year

2022

# deforestation

EU to ban products which contribute to deforestation

Importing companies will have to show that their products are deforestation-free.

12.2k

Dec 6th 2022, 7:28 AM

# deforestation

Amazon loses a tenth of its vegetation in four decades, report says

From 1985 to 2021, the deforested area surged from 490,000 square kilometres to 1,250,000 square kilometres.

8.7k

Dec 2nd 2022, 10:39 PM

# deforestation

Brazil sets new Amazon deforestation record for October ahead of government change

Under outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro, average annual deforestation increased 75% compared to the previous decade.

17.9k

Nov 11th 2022, 8:20 PM

# Brazil

Area more than six times the size of Manhattan destroyed in Brazilian Amazon in January

Deforestation levels in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new record for January.

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Feb 2nd 2022, 10:08 PM

All time

# Brazil

Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon up 22% in a year, highest level in 15 years

13,235 square kilometres of forest was lost from August 2020 to July 2021.

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Nov 19th 2021, 8:09 AM

# Amazon

Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit new record in October

An area more than half the size of the city of Rio de Janeiro of Amazon’s lush rainforest was cleared.

16.1k

Nov 12th 2021, 9:40 PM

# deforestation

COP26: World leaders sign up to multibillion-dollar pledge to end deforestation by 2030

The pledge is endorsed by more than 100 leaders representing over 85% of the world’s forests.

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Updated

Nov 2nd 2021, 11:15 AM

# Brazil

Amazon deforestation reaches 12-year high after area larger than Jamaica removed in last year

11,088 square kilometres of forest was destroyed in Brazil last year.

14.0k

Dec 1st 2020, 9:10 AM

# Brazil

Bolsonaro says it's a 'lie' that fires are ravaging the Amazon

Data from his own government shows the number of blazes in the rainforest is rising.

18.7k

Aug 12th 2020, 10:45 AM

Voices

Saoirse McHugh: How Ireland can help in fighting the Amazon rainforest fires

Giving money to Brazil may not be the solution, but there are ways to make a difference.

16.2k

Sep 1st 2019, 8:30 PM

# Amazon Rainforest

Record number of Amazon wildfires lit on purpose, claims president of Brazil

Nearly 73,000 forest fires have been reported in the country so far this year.

15.5k

Aug 21st 2019, 7:08 PM

# trees need love too

Which tree is the most loveable one in Ireland? We'll know by tomorrow

Voting is currently taking place in the National Tree Huggers contest.

8.7k

Oct 30th 2014, 7:30 AM

Voices

Opinion: Deforestation isn't just changing our climate, it could be destroying life-saving medicines

The impact on the local biodiversity in the deforested areas is detrimental and potentially irreversible.

3.7k

Sep 4th 2014, 8:00 AM

Voices

Column: Can big data save our planet’s forests?

Are we winning the fight against deforestation? Now there’s a way to check – and hold businesses and governments to account, write Oliver Mylius and Hans Zomer.

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Mar 21st 2014, 8:00 AM

# Disney

Disney invests in Peru to prevent deforestation

The Walt Disney Company has bought $3.5 million in carbon credits to prevent the destruction of a jungle in the country’s Amazon as part of a project that started in 2009.

8.3k

Mar 20th 2013, 7:34 PM

# Coffee

Could Arabica coffee soon be extinct?

Large-scale deforestation and climate change are putting the wild Arabica coffee bean at risk of potential extinction, say experts.

10.5k

Nov 14th 2012, 8:15 PM

# Vietnam War

Agent Orange clean-up launched in Vietnam decades after war ends

US and Vietnam are commencing a landmark project to remove dangerous defoliant sprayed by American forces to defoliate Vietnam’s forests.

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Aug 9th 2012, 12:17 PM