The European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur reached a free trade agreement in principle in 2019. The planned deal was announced on 28 June at the 2019 G20 Osaka summit after twenty y
NASA FIRMS satellite observation of deforestation in the Mato Grosso state of Brazil. The transformation from forest to farm is evident by the paler square shaped areas under development.
A burning forest in Brazil
In June 2019, representatives of EU and Mercosur announced they had reached a historic agreement
Javier Milei and other Mercosur leaders with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the 65th Mercosur Summit in Montevideo, Uruguay, 5 December 2024
The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km2, is the world's largest rainforest. It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of
Deforestation in the Maranhão state of Brazil, July 2016
Deforestation in Bolivia, in June 2014
Deforestation in Colombia
One consequence of forest clearing in the Amazon: thick smoke that hangs over the forest