Amazon fires

A series of major wildfires across the world has hit the headlines - how do they compare to previous years?

Almost 40 UK companies say proposed laws could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon region.

Destruction of the rainforest increased by 9.5% compared to the previous 12 months, new data shows.

The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon in October 2020 is more than double those in October 2019.

Climate change is behind the scale and impact of recent wildfires in the western US, scientists say.

People living in the Brazilian Amazon are facing the twin dangers of the coronavirus and forest fires.

Blazes are continuing to rage in the Amazon rainforest, despite the Brazilian president's fire ban.

Images from space show there were nearly 7,000 in July - a rise of 28% on the same period last year.

Brazilian satellite data shows a huge increase in fires in the Pantanal wetlands in South America.

UK consumers may unwittingly be buying meat linked to the destruction of the Amazon, experts say.

How the loss of the Amazon goes beyond deforestation - and what the nine countries that share this natural resource are doing to protect it.

Up to a fifth of the Amazon rainforest has become a net source of CO2, research suggests.

The Hollywood actor dismisses Jair Bolsonaro's claim he "gave money to set the Amazon on fire".

Burning of the rainforest appears to speed up the melting of tropical glaciers, scientists find.

Police say they started fires to generate donations - but critics call the arrests political.

The UN says nations must "dramatically strengthen" carbon cuts to avoid dangerous climate change.

They've devastated vast areas from Australia to Brazil. Here, two experts explain how to fight them.

The fires in the Amazon have been dampened - but it's not the only area under threat.

Greenpeace asks fast-food chains to stop selling meat from animals fed on soya from Brazil.