Scientists examined satellite images of the Brazilian biome from 2010 to 2020. The results indicate that over 186,000 ha of ...

The young man from an Indigenous Amazonian tribe is receiving medical treatment, while authorities prepare to attempt ...

One of South America’s largest ecosystems saw an increase in deforestation last year, with agriculture, livestock and fires contributing the most to the destruction of native dry forests. The problem ...

By Shanna Hanbury Commodity-trading giant Cargill recently signaled that it will weaken its no-deforestation commitments in ...

Biodiversity loss has accelerated at an alarming rate in recent decades, driven largely by human activities such as clearing ...

Expanding aquaculture in the Amazon could provide nutritional and economic benefits at a fraction of the environmental cost ...

The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...

Deforestation has long been a challenge for Brazil – where decades of over-farming and logging operations have taken a toll and seriously threatened the Amazon rainforest and the indigenous ...

A Brazilian judge suspended a key tax law that was protecting the Amazon rainforest's deforested areas. Judge blocks law ...

Nonprofit advocates said the loss of U.S. foreign aid would impede but not stop their efforts to protect the Amazon and the ...

Made from the sap of the shiringa tree, the biomaterial combats land-grabbing for deforestation, supports communities that ...

As countries return to unfinished COP16 biodiversity negotiations in Rome, states must commit to people and nature instead of ...