About Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by high and continuous rainfall, with annual rainfall in the case of tropical rainforests between 2. 5 and 4. 5 metres, and definitions varying by region for temperate rainforests.
Brazil's Lula recognises six new indigenous reserves
... The lands - including a vast area of Amazon Rainforest - cover about 620,000 hectares (1...
COP26: Are nations on track to meet their climate goals?
... But in Brazil - home to more than half of the Amazon Rainforest - Frances Seymour of research group the World Resources Institute (WRI) said this was not surprising " in light of the relaxation of environmental enforcement" by Brazil s government...
Drought robs Amazon communities of 'life-giving' river
... 7m sq miles) of Rainforest - land more than twice the size of India - has suffered rampant deforestation, which fuels climate change...
Climate change: Should we save or exploit the vanishing Amazon?
... Climate change: Should we save or exploit the vanishing Amazon? CloseDespite increasing international concern about global warming, one of the world s greatest defences against climate change – the Amazon Rainforest - is under growing attack from deforestation...
COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030
... Signatories in Glasgow will include Brazil, where large parts of the Amazon Rainforest have been cut down...
Deforested parts of the Amazon, emit more CO2 than they absorb'
... Up to one-fifth of the Amazon Rainforest is emitted absorbs more CO2 than it, new research suggests...
Amazon rainforest belongs to Brazil, says Jair Bolsonaro
...President Jair Bolsonaro has insisted that the Brazilian areas of the Amazon Rainforest are sovereign territory...
Austria blocked an EU Mercosur trade deal with South America
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