"People will suffer." Experts sound the alarm over concerning satellite imagery of protected forest: 'We don't [know] how to deal with it' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Sources: Global Forest Watch/RAISG Map data: Natural Earth *including the biogeographical limits, administrative regions and basins

South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis.

In the Brazilian Amazon, workers use metal tubes to sow seedlings in rapid succession, as part of an effort to reforest the jungle with millions of trees.

The constituency for the conservation of the Pan Amazon is broad-based and diverse. Academics and civil society organizations have been successful in framing conservation of the Amazon as an issue of global importance.

These results are being celebrated as a major win for conservationists and climate advocates. The Brazilian government, led by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has cracked down on illegal logging and ramped up sustainable land-use practices, leading to declining deforestation rates over the last few years, per Mongabay.

At its lowest level in the region for the past nine years in km2 *measured from the month of August to July in the year indicated Source: INPE The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content above. This article was produced by AFP. For more information go to AFP.com.

Dry conditions were fueled by deforestation and the El Niño weather pattern, and made worse by climate change.

For the past two years, the Amazon experienced consecutive extreme droughts, with 2024 being exceptionally severe, leaving major rivers at record lows. These phenomena reflect a combination of factors, including deforestation, climate change, and natural ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires were set to more easily clear land to run cattle. The Amazon is twice the size of India and sprawls across eight countries and one territory, storing vast amounts of ...

Authorities are also investigating the colonies since some of the land grab coincides with Indigenous communities. Satellite images reveal illegal deforestation is out of control in crucial region — here's what needs to be done first appeared on The Cool Down.