By Shanna Hanbury As Brazilians head to the polls to vote in a runoff election, Amazon deforestation is also on the ballot. New data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) find that incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva presided over the lowest deforestation levels ever recorded in both the Amazon rainforest and Cerrado

The data underscore the success of Brazil's renewed efforts under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. An upcoming election's outcome could threaten the gains.

The data was hailed by leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who reiterated his goal to achieve zero illegal deforestation by 2030.

SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation in the Amazon, and indeed it has. When the next official annual numbers are released in October, the ...

Officials in the U.S. Trade Representative’s office are raising concerns about whether Brazil is doing enough to prevent deforestation as they pursue a Section 301 investigation into the South American nation’s trade practices that could result in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's progress in curbing deforestation across the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado savanna over the past three years has spared the global economy an estimated 1.16 trillion reals (232 billion U.S. dollars), according to a study published on Tuesday.

The virtuous cycle of Brazil in monitoring Amazon deforestation should be applied in other Amazon countries, where deforestation is increasing. The virtuous cycle of Brazil in monitoring Amazon deforestation should be applied in other Amazon countries ...

For the first time since 2019, the total area of native vegetation deforested in Brazil fell below 1 million hectares in a single year. According to the Annual Report on Deforestation in the country, released by MapBiomas on Wednesday (May 27), 984,794 ...