After his victory, he appointed climate activist Marina Silva to head the Environmental Ministry and Indigenous leader Sonia ...

Global deforestation remains a pressing concern, but in Indonesia, home to the world’s third-largest tropical rainforest, deforestation rates remain below their peak from 8–10 years ago, despite chall ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation ... climate change. Both Ebus and Miller saw promise in the appointment of Martin von Hildebrand as the new secretary general for the Amazon Treaty ...

Here’s the latest news concerning climate change and biodiversity loss, from the steps leaders are taking to address the ...

The year with the highest number of incidents was 2024, which, according to the Ministry of the Environment, was driven by an exceptional drought—the worst in 74 years.

South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis.

Freshwater habitats cover less than 1% of the planet's surface but support 10% of its animal species, a zoologist and study ...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest experienced its highest number of fires in 17 years in 2024, government data published last week ...

The Brazilian city of Belém will host this year’s UN climate summit, Cop30, in November. It will be the tenth summit since ...

Since the start of the 21st century, major planetary ecosystems, like the Amazon rainforest and Antarctica have consistently ...

Hawaiʻi has been called ground zero for the loss of biodiversity – or a healthy mix of species, genetic heritage, and ecosystems. Of the nearly 1,300 species protected under the U.S. Endangered ...

BBC environment journalists analyse the key events coming up in 2025 with game-changing potential for climate and nature.