As Brazil prepares to host COP30, construction of a controversial highway through the Amazon rainforest has sparked criticism ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

How to Save the Amazon, which explores deforestation and degradation in the world’s largest rain forest, was published in ...

Up to 70% of the Amazon rainforest could be lost if current trends in deforestation, warming, and land degradation continue, ...

The Moratorium, like many conservation policies around the world, protects old-growth rainforests, but not regrown ones. In ...

New research shows climate change may be overloading the Amazon's tree canopy, disrupting photosynthesis and signaling forest ...

Illegal cattle ranches clearing the Amazon rainforest are behind the leather in high-end handbags made by top European and ...

Naturally-regenerating secondary forests hold immense potential to absorb carbon quickly, but they're often overlooked in ...

Brazil, host of the upcoming UN climate conference (COP30), is facing a serious ecological crisis: forest and vegetation ...

The rich plant life that makes up the Amazon rainforest contributes a significant amount of water vapour to Earth’s atmosphere. A recent study found that extensive deforestation here has caused a ...

Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a landmark deal signed two decades ago aimed at slowing deforestation.