Amazon Rainforest loss could reach new height in just 5 years, study says

Within just five years, the Amazon Rainforest could lose half the total forest cover that it lost in the first 20 years of this century, a recent study has shown, as deforestation rates continue to accelerate in almost all nine Amazonian countries. From 2001-20, the rainforest lost 542,581 square kilometers (209,492 square miles), an area […]

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EU deforestation tracking regulation sparks division among groups, producers

Workers fertilizing on an oil palm plantation.JAKARTA — As the European Union is set to adopt a landmark regulation that prohibits companies from trading commodities from deforested areas and illegal sources, the proposed law continues to be divisive. On one hand, governments of palm oil producing countries like Malaysia and Indonesia have rejected the law, saying its requirements are too strict […]

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Not all parts of the Amazon will survive future droughts, study says

MEXICO CITY — As climate change continues to choke off rainfall, many parts of the Amazon are facing a higher probability of dying off from drought than previously thought. A recent study found that the western and southern Amazon will struggle to survive against increasingly extended periods of drought brought on by climate change, which […]

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