Last year, the Amazon saw some of the highest rates of deforestation in over a decade, due to a combination of cattle ranching, agriculture, mining and road projects that cleared millions of acres of rainforest. An estimated 1.98 million hectares (4.89 million acres) of forest were cleared in 2022, a 21% increase from 2021 and […]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sánchez are officially engaged. The former broadcast journalist was seen sporting a ring on her finger as the couple enjoyed their time aboard the billionaire s $500 million yacht while on holiday together in the South of France
This report is part of a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay Latam and Cuestión Pública, a Colombian news source. In 2019, the Colombian government launched a military offensive against deforestation known as Operation Artemis. Led by former President Iván Duque, the Colombian Army supported the initiative and affirmed that it would effectively stop forest loss in […]