In theory, stopping the deforestation of the Amazon is among the cheapest ways of curbing global warming. Brazil’s “Legal Amazon” region, which encompasses nine states and 60% of the entire forest ...

Hotter temperatures and harsher droughts could cause Indigenous societies to lose many of the species they have used for medicine, rituals and more, scientists found. By Raymond Zhong and Flávia ...

WWF urges the adoption of an Amazon-wide regional approach that integrates conservation and sustainable development... WWF urges the adoption of an Amazon-wide regional approach that integrates ...

Deforestation and the city’s historic shift from rivers to roads led to a massive influx of people into low-lying baixadas, where 57% of residents lack services, such as sewage, and are highly prone ...

The Amazon rainforest stretches for millions of kilometers, hiding ancient tribes, animals and maybe something else. What if under this mysterious canopy lies an advanced civilization? How did we miss ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Recent archaeological findings, bolstered by laser-based lidar mapping and by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain, reveal that the Amazon supported vast ...

At the end of February, Guaraní Indigenous people from what’s known as the Brazilian Amazon stopped a big Cargill project that would move more soybeans and cause more deforestation. Cargill, a ...

An unexpected region of the Amazon is at the forefront of rapid growth in climate extremes, a new report reveals. The central north Amazon, a region with extensive areas of high forest cover, natural ...

The launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil underscores how the Amazon Forest can be part of the climate solution. There’s another Amazon, ...