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A view shows a deforested area in the middle of the Amazon Forest near the BR-230 highway, known as Transamazonica, in the municipality of Uruara, Para, Brazil, July 14, 2021. To match Special Report GLOBAL-PANDEMICS/BATS-SPREAD REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo

World far off track on pledges to end deforestation by 2030

More than 140 countries - representing the vast majority of the world's woodlands - pledged at the 2021 United Nations climate summit in Glasgow to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation...

An aerial view shows a deforested area during an operation to combat deforestation at the Cachoeira Seca indigenous reserve, in Uruara, Para State, Brazil January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 57% in September

FILE PHOTO: Smoke from a fire rises into the air as trees burn amongst vegetation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 3, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto/File Photo

Switzerland, US donate $8 million to Brazil's fund to fight Amazon deforestation

FILE PHOTO: A view of a deforested area in the middle of the Amazon forest, near the BR-230 highway, known as Transamazonica, in the municipality of Uruara, Para, Brazil, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 66% in August

This handout picture, taken and released by the Brazilian Presidency on August 8, 2023, shows President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) and his Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, chatting during the Amazon Summit IV Meeting of Presidents of States Parties to the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACTO) in Belem, Para State, Brazil. Photo: AFPPIX

Amazon nations launch alliance to fight deforestation at summit

FILE PHOTO: View of destroyed illegal gold mining camps after a police operation in La Pampa, in the southern Amazon region of Madre de Dios, Peru August 11, 2015. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo

'Narco-deforestation' in focus at upcoming summit of Amazon nations

Zahin Tasnia Rahman. Photo: Courtesy

Deforestation and saving our planet

An aerial view shows a dead tree near a forest on the border between Amazonia and Cerrado in Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil July 28, 2021. Picture taken July 28, 2021 with a drone. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rises in March

An aerial view shows a dead tree near a forest on the border between Amazonia and Cerrado in Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil July 28, 2021. Picture taken July 28, 2021 with a drone. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savanna hits seven-year high

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo

EU bans imports of products that drive deforestation

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Animals and brands: An enduring relationship

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo

Last year's deforestation pledge is off to a slow start

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Rondonia State, Brazil September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Brazil authorities doing little to combat deforestation: Report