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Brazil has made gains against Amazon deforestation, but lasting protection is a challenge

Recent drops in Brazil's deforestation have been celebrated as a historic achievement. Forest loss in the Amazon fell by 23.5% in 2025 compared with the previous year. This drop contributed to a 21% national reduction in overall clear-cutting—the lowest level recorded since 2016.

Brazil has made gains against Amazon deforestation, but lasting protection is a challenge

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Invasive deer, goats are eating away Hawaiʻi's ranchlands

The first study to measure wild ungulate (axis deer, mouflon sheep, goats, pigs, etc.) grazing on Hawaiʻi rangelands finds forage losses at two-thirds of sites surveyed, with axis deer the clearest driver of decline across ranches on Hawaiʻi Island and Maui.

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