Tropical trees are dying faster than ever, and it's not just heat or drought to blame. Scientists have uncovered a surprising ...

In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to ...

A climate tipping point is a critical threshold where a small environmental change can lead to dramatic and often ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...

Ecologists are concerned that forest ecosystems will not keep pace with a rapidly changing climate, failing to remain healthy ...

A major part of the funding is coming from the LEAF Coalition, which has raised more than $1 billion to sponsor projects like Amazon's. LEAF was co-founded by Amazon along with governments like Norway ...

Fuelled by climate change and relentless pressure on land and water resources, some of the most widespread and damaging ...

At the heart of this initiative is the Amazonia Bond Issuance Guidelines, a document co-developed by the IDB and the World ...

In fact, deforestation, fire, and climate change already work synergistically in the Amazon. In recent years, climate change has sparked droughts that let wildfires burn bigger and longer.

Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global ...

They found that, even with improvements in agricultural productivity (due to technological improvements like new seed ...