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Satellite images presented that an illegal road through the Brazilian Amazon's protected land is about to connect two of the worst deforestation regions of the rainforest...

Growth of the Amazon rainforest in our increasingly carbon-rich atmosphere could be limited by a lack of phosphorus in the soil, new research shows.

While many people have heard of Amazon rain forest land being cleared for grazing cows doomed to become burgers, the pursuit of cows' skin is also driving deforestation...

Humans are barreling toward a catastrophic tipping point for the Amazon rainforest, according to a recent study by more than 200 scientists. If we don’t change our habits immediately, the damage will be irreversible.[...]

It is impossible to protect the Amazon rainforest without involving Indigenous communities, according to environmental activists fighting for the forests...

A recent study in Nature shows that the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs. For the first time, scientists have confirmed that despite once being the largest carbon sink in the world, the...

The Peruvian Amazon is the world’s fourth largest tropical rainforest and an important biodiversity hotspot. But as usual, people are putting financial gain over preserving endemic and endangered species. As the price of...

The bidding war begins; Brazil, whose government once described climate action as a "Marxist Conspiracy", is happy to stop chopping down the Amazon if they get a share of Biden's two trillion dollar "stimulus".

Large parcels of land in the Amazon rainforest are being sold illegally on Facebook. According to a recent investigation carried out by the BBC, Facebook Marketplace ads are being used to sell land in Brazil's portion of...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has risen to a 12-year high in 2020, according to data released by Inpe, the national space research agency in Brazil...

Huge road, energy and mining projects driving into heart of world’s remaining forests

A new study published in the journal Nature Communications indicates that the Amazon rainforest could shift from a closed canopy rainforest to an open savanna due to the climate crisis...

People around the world have watched with increasing horror as Amazon forest destruction has accelerated in recent years. Now, U.K. officials have proposed a law to make large companies operating within the U.K....

Recently opened in the Brazilian city of São Paulo and designed by local architecture and design practice VAGA, the Cajuí Restaurant offers a menu of vegan, organic and natural ingredients supplied by small farmers from...

Ecuadorian indigenous groups hope innovation will reduce amount of oil taken from forest only to be brought back as pollution