Isenberg's densely written text provides an overview of the industrialization of mining, logging, ranching and agriculture in California between 1850 and 1900 that, while well researched and ...

One of the main challenges that comes with analyzing satellite images is establishing whether a change in land use has taken place legally or illegally. A recent study, published in Nature magazine, ...

BRASILIA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Brazil is preparing a task force of armed forces, police and government agencies to soon launch an operation to expel illegal gold miners who invaded the Yanomami ...

Amazon Conservation’s Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) found that around 1.9 million hectares (4.8 million acres) of the Amazon were lost last year, mostly in Brazil and Bolivia. The ...