Deforestation, mainly for mining and agriculture, has led to the loss of more than 880,000 sq km of forest cover since 1985, experts say.

This translates to a loss of approximately 88 million hectares (880,000 square kilometers) of forest, an area equivalent to the size of United Kingdom

The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.The drought has placed some Amazon rivers at their lowest level in decades,

The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.

The Amazon rainforest has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, fueling drought and record wildfires across South America, experts said Monday.