Rainforests: Destruction gets worse

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Tropical rainforests cover around 6% of our planet, yet they're home to more than half of the world’s species. They're also one of our planet’s most vital defences against climate change. But a new report shows how our tropical forests were ravaged in 2024 - and the Amazon rainfo ... Show More

<p>L'année dernière, des incendies de forêt féroces ont détruit des milliers d'hectares de l'une des forêts les plus pittoresques de France.</p><br><p>Traduction&nbsp;:</p><p>Last year, ferocious wildfires destroyed thousands of hectares of one of France's most picturesque forest ... Show More

Last year wildfires in the Amazon made headlines news. This year we've hardly heard about them - but that doesn't mean they're not happening. In fact the number of rainforest fires in Brazil rose by almost 20% in June, reaching a 13 year high, according to government data. Some e ... Show More

<p>In the past half-century, 17 percent of the Amazon — an area larger than Texas — has been converted to croplands or cattle pasture. Less forest means less recycled rain, less vapor to cool the air, less of a canopy to shield against sunlight. Under drier, hotter conditions, ev ... Show More

Rainforests help prevent our planet from overheating and deliver the oxygen we breathe but are under attack at an alarming rate. This week, eight South American presidents have been meeting in Brazil, where they all agreed to stop the rainforest’s destruction before the point of ... Show More

<p>Everyone agrees that massive deforestation is an environmental disaster. But most of the standard solutions — scolding the Brazilians, invoking universal morality — ignore the one solution that might actually work. Originally released on <i>Freakonomics Radio</i>, Steve gives ... Show More