The Brazilian scientists were sceptical. They ran different models to check calculations,but they all returned the same startling result.
The Amazon basin,one of the planet’s largest stores of carbon,is beginning to release more carbon-dioxide to the atmosphere than it absorbs as deforestation and fires spread,potentially accelerating global warming.
The latest annual destruction of the Brazilian section of the rainforest is a 47 per cent increase from the area deforested in 2018.
Addressing the United Nations,the far-right President said his country was feeding a global population that chose to make it a target.
The Pantanal is less-known than its famous cousin but the region's normally abundant waters and strategic location make it a magnet for animals.
Brazil's Vice-President has taken on the fight against the Hollywood star who criticised the country's leaders for last years forest fires.
Forest fires are up 17 per cent in the first 10 days of August,compared with the same period a year ago,according to official government data.
Members of the Yanomami ethnic group say the two men were shot and killed by prospectors who were trespassing on the community's land.
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Police with special military-style training to support environmental agency Ibama and avoid a repeat of last year's environmental disaster.
A man has died during a raid to fight illegal deforestation in the northern Brazilian state of Roraima.