After an aerial tour to view the ecosystems and deforestation, Biden said he was proud to visit the region. He signed a U.S. proclamation designating Nov. 17 as International Conservation Day.

he continued. Before he spoke, Biden viewed dried-up river beds and wildfire damage on an aerial tour of the Amazon rainforest, getting a bird’s-eye view of some of the effects of a yearslong ...

Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country continues to battle blazes often set by farmers and ranchers illegally ...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest has seen a huge jump in the number of fires this year, new space agency data suggests. The National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) said its satellite data showed an ...

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 ... the same month last year, satellite data from space ...