Amazon rainforest

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed Amazon activist Marina Silva as environment minister. It's the reaapointment of a woman who carried Brazil's most effective strategy for reducing deforestation.

As rainforest destruction hits record levels, Brazilians have rediscovered their most important eco-asset — and so should people anywhere facing sea level rise.

The court's decision reopened a lawsuit that invalidates a protected area in Brazil's Amazon.

More than 100,000 people have crossed the Darién Gap jungle from Colombia to Panama so far this year. The environmental impact and threats from cartels are many.

New research published in the journal Nature suggests that mass deforestation and fire have dramatically undercut the Amazon's ability to absorb heat-trapping carbon emissions.

Clearing natural forests in Brazil in order to grow crops like soybeans has actually made it harder to grow those crops. That's because deforestation makes the weather hotter and drier.

After trading jabs with Biden about the Amazon, Brazil's leader now wants $1 billion to reduce deforestation. Many Brazilians warn Biden not to trust the deal.

Florida lawmakers look to expand Medicaid and medical marijuana. Saving the Brazilian rainforest. Plus, a new art exhibit lights up the City of Coral Gables.

After Joe Biden proposes "economic consequences" for Brazil's Amazon destruction, Jair Bolsonaro bashes Biden for "coward threats."

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Not since 2008 has the Amazon been destroyed at a faster rate, according to Brazilian authorities. They say an area more than 12 times the size of New York City was deforested in the span of a year.

Firefighters, troops and volunteers have been working for the past two months to put out some of the worst blazes in the country's recent history.