Our research identified three key lessons.

Forest that has been disturbed – but not cleared – by logging or fire can be hard to spot from satellites.

The proposed EU-Mercosur deal would guarantee cheap beef and lock in further deforestation. But our new research shows it is possible to transform trade for the better.

Fires that burn the forest burn crops and pastures alike. But farmers in the eastern Amazon are left with few good options.

This early peak indicates a potentially devastating dry season ahead - perhaps even worse than 2019.

In Brazil, black COVID-19 patients are dying at higher rates than white patients. Worse housing quality, working conditions and health care help to explain the pandemic's racially disparate toll.

A repeat of 2019's disastrous fire season is possible in 2020, and it would have dire consequences.

Countries across the globe responded differently to the pandemic, and results show a difference in effectiveness as well.