Amazon News

RSS
2899 stories

No plans, no progress make Peru’s energy transition uncertain

New Indigenous reserve in the Amazon among first steps to protect peoples in isolation

Hydropower plants disrupt fishers’ lives in Amazon’s most biodiverse river basin

Time for a copal comeback? The natural resin could boost Amazon’s economy

New relatives of the cacao tree uncovered in old plant collections

After isolated tribes’ rare appearance in Peruvian Amazon, big questions remain for their future

Are the Amazon’s biggest trees dying? Forest coroners investigate

DNA testing proves that cocoa originated in the Amazon and reveals robust pre-Columbian trade

Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals

The Amazon’s most fertile forests are also most vulnerable to drought: Study

Gold mining in the Amazon has doubled in area since 2018, AI tool shows

To host 2025 climate summit, Brazil will carve up an Amazonian reserve

Report reveals widespread use of smuggled mercury in Amazon gold mining

Regions with highest risks to wildlife have fewest camera traps, study finds

Study to benchmark water quality finds key Amazon tributary in good shape

“Game over” for the Amazon forest and global climate if Trump wins? (commentary)

After historic 2023 drought, Amazon communities brace for more in Brazil

Climate surprises: Amazonia and the lessons of Brazil’s catastrophic flood in Rio Grande do Sul (commentary)

Brazil’s new pro-agribusiness pesticide law threatens Amazon biodiversity

Study says 40% of Amazon region is potentially conserved — more than officially recorded

Organized crime brings renewed threats to Yanomami in Brazil

‘It is indeed our problem’: Interview with Mário Soares on Brazil’s mangroves

Environmental agents intensify strike amid record fires in Brazil

Fire bans not effective as the Amazon and Pantanal burn, study says

Reintroduction project brings golden parakeets back to the skies of Brazil’s Belém

Warao refugees in the Brazilian Amazon face famine, disease & despair

Indigenous Wai Wai seek markets for Brazil nuts without middlemen

Revealed: Illegal cattle boom in Arariboia territory in deadliest year for Indigenous Guajajara

Fraud and corruption drive illegal wildlife trade in the Amazon

Brazil’s BR-319 Highway: The latest maneuver to obtain approval for an environmental disaster (commentary)

Deforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest continues to plummet despite a rise in fires

In Peru’s Madre de Dios, deforestation from mining brings huge economic losses

you're currently offline