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Drone capturing a raptor in flight over the Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

How Brazil’s federal fiscal policy hinders Amazon Rainforest conservation (commentary)

João Gabriel de Araujo Oliveira 15 Jul 2026

Rising seas, garbage and heat threaten Brazil’s migratory shorebirds 

Sibélia Zanon 14 Jul 2026

Ecuador’s Amazon coffee farmers get ahead of Europe’s deforestation rules

Sibélia Zanon 14 Jul 2026
Mamá Conchita in her chagra with her dogs.

Women Defenders of the Colombian Amazon

Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo 13 Jul 2026
A Chile-run anti-drug operation seized 108 tons of controlled substances impregnated in wood planks from sawmill trees sourced in the Bolivian Amazon and other regions. Image courtesy of APG Noticias.

How narcos moved 108 tons of timber infused with drugs from Bolivia to Chile

Iván Paredes Tamayo 13 Jul 2026
Lydia Möcklinghoff with a giant anteater. From her social media.

Lydia Möcklinghoff, champion of the giant anteater, has died in a plane crash. She was 45

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jul 2026

In Honduras, solar power has done more harm than good, communities say

Maxwell Radwin 9 Jul 2026
Plant species used in the experiment with dark earth, including paricá and pink ipê.

Dark earth: Ancient Amazonian soil can boost forest restoration, study finds

Evanildo da Silveira 8 Jul 2026
Indigenous peoples sing and dance as they participate in an opening ceremony as part of the People's Summit offsite from the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 12, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. Image by AP Photo/Fernando Llano.

A fraction of promised climate money reaches Amazon communities: Interview with Latimpacto’s leaders

Beverley Choo 8 Jul 2026
Patches of deforested land observed from the air within the Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve. Image courtesy of AIDESEP.

Roads, loggers close in on an unprotected refuge for isolated Kakataibo

Aimee Gabay 7 Jul 2026
the last known wild individual of Dendroseris neriifolia, courtesy of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Rare seed collection offers hope for last wild tree of its kind from Chile

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Jul 2026

NGO support can negatively impact allocation of Amazonian territorial rights, research finds

Aimee Gabay 6 Jul 2026
Maria Laura.

María Laura Tolmos, 37, turned a childhood in the Amazon into her life’s work

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jul 2026
Residents of small farms in the rural area of Manoel Urbano, one of the state's epicenters of deforestation, fight a forest fire that started on the banks of the BR-364 federal highway. Acre State, Brazil. September 22 2025.These photographs are the first part of a new collection highlighting the impact of black carbon. The photographs are available for free non-profit, educational and editorial use via Climate Visuals. www.climatevisuals.org

Brazil boosts budget and number of firefighters amid strong El Niño forecast

Shanna Hanbury 6 Jul 2026

Brazil’s expanding offshore oil frontier puts biodiversity at risk: study

Daniel Shailer 6 Jul 2026

New data reveals surge in human rights abuses linked to transition minerals mining

Aimee Gabay 3 Jul 2026

Dutch importers linked to suspect Amazon timber, investigation finds

Maxwell Radwin 2 Jul 2026
Left to right, the Netherlands' Minister for Climate Policy and Green Growth, Stientje van Veldhoven; along with Colombia's Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Irene Vélez Torres; and Ana Toni, COP30 CEO, during the launch of the outcome report from the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels at the London Climate Action Week. Image courtesy of Wilder García/ Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia.

Santa Marta report by 57 nations defines rapid fossil fuel transition path

Julian Reingold 2 Jul 2026

Sightings of humpback whales surge in Rio de Janeiro, fueling demand for whale-watching trips

Associated Press 2 Jul 2026
The challenge of finding out who is behind the front includes incursions to remote areas through dirt roads.

Crackdown lets rainforest reclaim illegal road in rare win for the Amazon

Rafael Spuldar 2 Jul 2026

Targeted conservation in Brazil could help protect the Amazon’s flying rivers

Constance Malleret 2 Jul 2026
Researcher Ricardo Marques visiting a forest seedling nursery in the Amazon. Image courtesy of Hylaea.

Secret Amazon species may be new source of ibogaine for addiction treatment

Jenny Gonzales 30 Jun 2026

Foreign nationals attempt to fly to Europe with rare cacti from southern Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel 30 Jun 2026

Human rights abuse allegations continue to rise in the mining sector, report finds

Maxwell Radwin 29 Jun 2026

As Amazon oil drilling begins, scientists warn of risks to a little-known reef

Suzana Camargo 29 Jun 2026

Telling one guiña from another: It’s all about the angle

Sean Mowbray 29 Jun 2026
Collage, Fritz Pinnow, contributor, and a soldier

Honduras taps armed forces to eliminate deforestation by 2029. Is it working?

Fritz Pinnow 27 Jun 2026
Cocoa producer Giovanne holds a native Amazon species, which is naturally resistant to pests and extreme weather. Image by Cícero Pedrosa Neto.

Amazon floodplains cocoa offers a climate-resilient and sustainable chocolate

Sam Cowie, Cícero Pedrosa Neto 25 Jun 2026

Rewilding Rio: Conservationists restock an ‘empty forest,’ one species at a time

Suzana Camargo 24 Jun 2026
Fishers in Sahamalaza-Iles Radama Marine Protected Area. Image courtesy of Madagascar National Parks.

Six marine sanctuaries recognized as Blue Parks, four of them in Africa

Malavika Vyawahare 24 Jun 2026
Firefighters from the Chico Mendes Institute work to contain a forest fire and prevent it from reaching Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in Brazil’s northern Goiás state in 2025. Image by AP Photo / Eraldo Peres.

Fire surge in 2025 threatened isolated peoples in Brazil

Aimee Gabay 24 Jun 2026
A herd of cattle in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state

Brazil curbs Amazon deforestation in Piripkura, but ranchers’ cattle linger

Aimee Gabay 22 Jun 2026

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