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Amazon rainforest environmental and indigenous rights crisis

6 clusters · 35 sources · last updated 9 days ago

Latest: Brazil and Peru agree to protect Indigenous Amazon lands

Indigenous groups and environmentalists continue to intensify efforts to protect the Amazon rainforest from oil exploitation and ecological decline. Legal proceedings are ongoing before the International Tribunal for the

Brazil Amazon and Cerrado deforestation trends 2026

12 clusters · 194 sources · last updated 12 days ago

Latest: Brazil: New socioeconomic data and study on deforestation

In the first half of 2026, satellite monitoring showed Amazon deforestation fell to 1,295 km², a 32% drop from the same period in 2025 and the lowest total since the DETER-B system began in 2016. Data for the period of A

Climate impacts on global cocoa production

2 clusters · 25 sources · last updated 15 days ago

Latest: Excessive rainfall threatens global cocoa yields

Climate variability is creating significant challenges for global agriculture, particularly within the cocoa sector. In the Amazon, research indicates that cocoa production is expanding sustainably through family farming

Atlantic Forest illegal deforestation enforcement

4 clusters · 30 sources · last updated 25 days ago

Latest: Paraná environmental authorities issue R$ 5.7 million in deforestation fines

The ‘Mata Atlântica em Pé’ environmental enforcement operation has expanded its scope from regional inspections to a large-scale multi-state initiative targeting illegal deforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest biome. I

Pantanal ecosystem degradation and water loss

2 clusters · 10 sources · last updated 28 days ago

Latest: Pantanal ecosystem faces threats from interconnected biome degradation

Data from Mapbiomas reveals that the Pantanal has experienced a significant loss of flooded savanna, with over 1 million hectares disappearing between 1985 and 2025. This represents an 84% reduction in the vegetation pre