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In the Amazon, political systems fail to prioritize the environment

Timothy J. Killeen 12 Nov 2025
The Javari river forms the border between Brazil and Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

How a ‘green gold rush’ in the Amazon led to dubious carbon deals on Indigenous lands

Gloria Pallares 11 Nov 2025
An Indigenous man takes part in a demonstration in defense of the Amazon during the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, in Beléem, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. Image by AP Photo/Eraldo Peres.

Brazil hosts COP30 with high ambitions — and scaling environmental ambiguities

Carla Ruas 10 Nov 2025
Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo stands next to an oil spill near Shushufindi

These banks fund oil & gas in the Amazon amid climate crisis: Report

Constance Malleret 4 Nov 2025

Amid systemic corruption, Amazon countries struggle to fight environmental crime

Timothy J. Killeen 31 Oct 2025
Beatriz Matos (left) and Alessandra Sampaio (right), widows of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips,

Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira ‘would be killed again,’ Indigenous leader says

Karla Mendes 24 Oct 2025

The rise of anti-corruption prosecutors in the Amazon region

Timothy J. Killeen 24 Oct 2025
Female Indigenous guardians. Image by Brandi Morin.

Indigenous guardians successfully keep extractives out of Ecuador’s Amazon forests

Brandi Morin 22 Oct 2025
Researcher measures fire behavior during the 2023 dry season in the Tapajós National Forest (PA). Image courtesy of Marizilda Cruppe/Rede Amazônia Sustentável.

Heat surges put preserved Amazon areas at high risk, study says

Giovana Girardi/Agência Pública 20 Oct 2025
An oil pipeline through Wampis territory in the Amazonas department. Image by Jacob Balzani.

Legal actions to protect the Amazon produce mixed results across the region

Timothy J. Killeen 16 Oct 2025
Timber is sorted for transport in Uruará in the state of Pará.

Amazon countries use variety of legal tools to fight environmental crime

Timothy J. Killeen 10 Oct 2025
Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

MPs across Latin America unite to stop fossil fuels in the Amazon

Mie Hoejris Dahl 9 Oct 2025
Indigenous organizations from the Amazon basin — representing more than 511 peoples — met in Brasilia on June 2 to discuss solutions they are implementing in their territories to address the global climate crisis. Image courtesy of Passu Creativa.

Seven Indigenous paths to protect the Amazon: Voices from the land (commentary)

Oswaldo Muca Castizo, Patricia Suárez, Oriana Cortés Muñoz, Emil Sirén Gualinga 29 Sep 2025
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Environment Minister Marina Silva attend the launch of a program to reduce deforestation and forest fires in the Amazon, in April 2024.

New deal pushes Amazon’s controversial ‘tipping point road’ ahead

Rafael Spuldar 29 Sep 2025
BR-364 paved the way for the widespread conversion of Amazon Rainforest in Rondônia into land for agriculture and cattle ranching. Image courtesy of Cleber Carvalho/Ministério dos Transportes.

Brazil’s first private Amazon road paves new trade route to China

André Schröder 25 Sep 2025
Marfrig’s bonds funded beef from illegally deforested areas in Brazil

Marfrig’s bonds funded beef from illegally deforested areas in Brazil

Bruna Bronoski, O Joio e o Trigo 23 Sep 2025

In the Andean Amazon, countries struggle to fight deforestation

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Sep 2025
Seen through Santarém’s fish auction: ocean-faring vessel being loaded at the Cargill soy terminal.

An ancient Indigenous civilization endures beneath an Amazon urban soy hub

Peter Speetjens 16 Sep 2025

More deforestation leads to a drier dry season, Amazon study finds

Logan Rance 15 Sep 2025

‘Independent’ auditors overvalue credits of carbon projects, study finds

Carla Ruas 8 Sep 2025

Report sees $20B in revenue for Amazon REDD+ projects despite unmet promises

Carla Ruas 4 Sep 2025

Brazil’s land registry holds farmers accountable, but enables deforestation

Timothy J. Killeen 21 Aug 2025

What’s at stake for the environment in Bolivia’s upcoming elections?

Maxwell Radwin 15 Aug 2025

Strategies against deforestation across the Amazon Basin

Timothy J. Killeen 7 Aug 2025
mining equipment on fire

Cross-border operation cracks down on environmental crimes in the Amazon

Mie Hoejris Dahl 6 Aug 2025
Park guide Luana Wanessa Assunção points at the remarkable Painel do Pilão, which could be the first-ever solar calendar of the Americas. Image by Peter Speetjens.

Soy crops squeeze Amazon park with 11,000-year-old rock paintings in Brazil

Peter Speetjens 4 Aug 2025
An Indigenous group in a boat in the Ucayali River.

Recently contacted Indigenous in Peru want REDD+ and conservationists to stay away

Kimberley Brown 31 Jul 2025
A part of Putumayo rainforest showing areas of deforestation.

Illegal roads expand in Colombia’s deforestation hotspots

Mie Hoejris Dahl 25 Jul 2025
Illegal and unregulated gold mining in the La Pampa area near Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Photo courtesy Jason Houston/Upper Amazon Conservancy.

In the Andes, decentralization fails to address environmental harm

Timothy J. Killeen 17 Jul 2025
Greenpeace Brazil took part in the Climate March in São Paulo, protesting against Bill 2159/2021 — widely known as the Destruction Bill. The demonstration brought thousands of people to the streets, marching from Avenida Paulista to Favela do Moinho, in response to the bill’s threat of weakening Brazil’s environmental licensing laws. Image © Tuane Fernandes / Greenpeace.

Brazil’s Congress passes ‘devastation bill’ in major environmental setback

Fernanda Wenzel 17 Jul 2025
JBS founder José Batista Sobrinho (center) flanked by his sons, Joesley (taking a selfie) and Wesley (clapping), waves from the podium after ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Image by AP Photo/Richard Drew.

Now on Wall Street, JBS eyes growth amid scrutiny on deforestation & graft

Carla Ruas 17 Jul 2025
Area of burned forest in ​​the city of Apuí, Amazonas state. Image by Bruno Kelly/Amazônia Real via Wikimedia Commons. (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Amazon deforestation spikes as Brazil blames criminal fires

Lucas Berti 16 Jul 2025

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