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Cattle graze on land recently burned and deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, on Aug. 23, 2020. The Amazon region has lost 10% of its native vegetation, mostly tropical rainforest, in almost four decades, an area roughly the size of Texas, a new report released Dec. 2, 2022, says. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

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Amazon loses 10% of its vegetation in nearly four decades
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE - Associated Press
Fri,12/02/22-3:00PM , 589 Reads
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Amazon region has lost 10% of its native vegetation, mostly tropical rainforest, in almost four decades, an area roughly the size of Texas, a new report says.
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Smoke rises from a forest fire in the Transamazonica highway region, in the municipality of Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 17, 2022. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slowed slightly last year, a year after a 15-year high, according to closely watched numbers published Wednesday, Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

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Amazon deforestation in Brazil remains near 15-year high
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE - Associated Press
Wed,11/30/22-10:13AM , 472 Reads
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slowed slightly last year, a year after a 15-year high, according to closely watched numbers published Wednesday. The data was released by the National Institute for Space Research.
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A light shines on a pirarucu skin at Nova Kaeru tannery factory at Tres Rios municipality, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Until recently, the skin of the pirarucu, the largest fish in the Amazon, had no commercial value. But a new technique and the fact that the fish are sustainably harvested has delighted boot manufacturers and the fashion industry. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Giant, sustainable rainforest fish is now fashion in America
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE - Associated Press
Fri,11/04/22-7:18AM , 431 Reads
TRES RIOS, Brazil (AP) — Sometimes you start something and have no idea where it will lead. So it was with Eduardo Filgueiras, a struggling guitarist whose family worked in an unusual business in Rio de Janeiro: They farmed toads.
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Fire brigade members walk in to a burnt area in Apui, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 21, 2022. Despite the smoke clogging the air of entire Amazon cities, state elections have largely ignored environmental issues. Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is seeking a second four-year term against leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who ruled Brazil between 2003 and 2010. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

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Worst Brazil forest fires in a decade, yet election silence
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE - Associated Press
Sat,10/01/22-7:20AM , 228 Reads
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — September has come and gone, marking another painful milestone for the world's largest rainforest. It's the worst month for fire in the Amazon in over a decade.
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