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Their fuel resources have long been plundered by others, while national grids have failed to connect them. Now, solar panels could give more than electricity to Indigenous people

With newfound oil wealth reshaping the economy, can the country balance growth with sustainable development?

With newfound oil wealth reshaping the economy, the can the country balance growth with sustainable development?

This forest is our home, our existence and our children’s future. Politicians who can’t resist selling it for oil cash will feel the strength of the Waorani people

In 2002, high explosives were laid in oil wells across 20 sq km of forest. The firm has gone but the pentolite remains, despite a court ruling, putting lives and the ecosystem at risk

Guerrilla leader turned president says, faced with having to reduce their carbon consumption, upper classes fear ‘the barbarians are coming’

Ecuadorians have voted for a ban but could be disappointed given the power of vested interests, writes Frank Brouwer

Referendum alongside presidential election will decide whether to halt extraction in Amazon national park

Eight South American presidents including Brazil’s Lula say rich countries need to pledge more resources to help protect rainforest

From mining to cattle ranching and soya farming, some of the world’s largest companies exploit the region, though many also claim to be giving something back

During COP27, held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) published the Living Amazon Report 2022. This report has shed light on the current state of the Amazon rainforest and the gravity of the deforestation...

From Ukraine developments and China’s Covid surge to renewable energy and hope for the Amazon

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...