Last year, the world watched in horror as huge swathes of the Amazon rainforest ... and then set them on fire. Last month, INPE released figures showing that, as of June 2020, the 12-month ...

A study reveals that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado are largely driven by the smoldering combustion of woody debris. This crucial discovery highlights the significant influence of fuel ...

In the Amazon region 130,000 square kilometres were affected by the fires. In addition, almost 80,000 fires were reported in the Cerrado savannah – around 64% more than in the previous year.

The Amazon rainforest has been burning for ... peaking in late September), but farmers and loggers also purposefully set fire to the rainforest in order to clean land for industrial and ...

The accusation comes after Bolsonaro - described as the 'Donald Trump of the tropics' - came under fire himself for his administration's attitude towards the Amazon rainforest. The president has ...