Satellite monitoring by Brazil's space institute INPE recorded 3,335 square kilometers of Amazon deforestation from August 2025 to July 2026, down 41.8% in a year and the lowest since 1988. Clearing in the Cerrado also hit a record low.
Museum specimens show the chytrid fungus arrived at Brazil's Boracéia station just as frogs vanished in 1979-1982. Today most species there appear to have recovered, Smithsonian and Penn State researchers report, though five have not been found.
Researchers at the University of São Paulo found an enzyme in sugarcane roots that, added to a commercial enzyme mix, raised sugar release from cane waste by up to six times in the lab. The target is cheaper second-generation ethanol.
Ywy Ipuranguete, a $9 million project funded by the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, supports Indigenous communities in managing 15 Indigenous lands covering about 6 million hectares across five Brazilian biomes.
In Alta Floresta, Brazil, rope canopy bridges over city roads recorded nearly 15,000 animal crossings in 15 months, and eight more bridges have been added, bringing the total to 15.
