Environmental researchers explain how farming, big infrastructure projects and roads drive the deforestation that's slowly killing the Amazon
French President Emmanuel Macron said G7 nations would release $22 mn
Pope Francis added his voice to the chorus of concern, warning that the lung of forest is vital for our planet
Macron had tweeted that fires burning in the Amazon amount to an international crisis
Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon, which accounts for more than half of the world's largest rainforest, have surged in number by 83% this year
The danger of the current situation is that China's hunger for soy may derail the halting recent progress in ending deforestation