DEFORESTATION

Reduction in deforestation confirmed, but forest loss continues

Published on: April 10, 2024
10:08

Washington, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) Brazil and Colombia reduced their levels of deforestation nevertheless the lungs of the Earth continue to agonize, affirms an annual study on the loss of forests by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the University of Maryland.

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon drops to 22.3 percent

Published on: November 9, 2023
16:47

Brasilia, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Deforestation rate in Brazil´s Amazon scaled down 22.3% from August 2022 to July 2023, the lowest figure in a 12-month term since 2019, according to official data.

4.1 million hectares of tropical forests to disappeared in 2022

Published on: November 1, 2023
17:19

Washington, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) Stopping deforestation and forest degradation is vital objective to achieve the survival of ecosystems, according to the Global Forest Watch platform of the World Research Institute.

Without nature we are nothing, says UN chief

Published on: December 6, 2022
16:52

Ottawa, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres on Tuesday stated that without nature we are nothing, and assured that humankind has been tuned for years to a cacophony of chaos with destruction instruments.

Deforestation alerts in Brazilian Amazon show worst record

Published on: November 12, 2022
00:45

Brasilia, Nov 12 (Prensa Latina) A cumulative deforestation alert was registered in October for the legal Amazon, which covers the area of eight states in Brazil of 904 square kilometers, according to official data.

One of the world´s rarest chameleons, feared extinct, is found alive

Published on: August 4, 2021
07:20

Pretoria, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) One of the world's rarest and smallest chameleons, a creature feared extinct, has been found clinging to life in the rainforests of Africa. Now scientists are calling for an urgent conservation effort to save the critically endangered species before it's too late.

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