The pristine canopy of the Amazon ... of felled trees blackened and charred, some of them over a thousand years old. The trees are burnt to weaken them, so they can be cut down.

Sadly, the Amazon rainforest is a rapidly disappearing legacy. In the fight against pollution, your favourite seafood may play a role Trees are often cut down illegally for their valuable wood.

At 50 metres, the kapok tree is one of the tallest Amazon forest trees, looking down on all the other 40,000 plant species. Its 3 metre wide board roots give it support. Image: Cinétévé ...

When you cut down a hardwood tree like an oak ... improve air quality and slow down the effects of climate change. Trees in the Amazon Rainforest are often burned and cleared to make farmland ...

Inpe said it had detected more than 72,000 fires so far this year Swathes of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil ... can help clear the forest and allow trees space to grow stronger.

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half ... and the month of July showed a 33% increase in tree cutting over July 2023. A strike by officials at federal environmental ...

The area burned or razed last month is 66% smaller than that in August 2022 The rate of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has ... cleared in August 2023, down from 1,661 sq km in August ...

He’s describing the Boiling River in Peru’s Amazon Rainforest ... and rising temperatures. When trees are cut down or die less moisture is released into the air. This makes the remaining ...