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How US intervention could deepen Venezuela’s environmental crisis

Maxwell Radwin 20 Jan 2026

From south to north, Sri Lanka’s cricket dreams undermine fragile ecosystems

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Jan 2026

Colombia poised for another drop in deforestation in 2025, data show

Maxwell Radwin 16 Jan 2026

Photos: Kew Gardens’ top 10 newly named plants and fungi for 2025

Liz Kimbrough 12 Jan 2026

Taboo against harming strangler fig spirits protects forests in Indonesian Borneo

Liz Kimbrough 22 Dec 2025

In the Amazon, law enforcement against environmental crime remains controversial

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Dec 2025

In the Amazon, lack of transparency and corruption undermine the environment

Timothy J. Killeen 15 Dec 2025

Mexico is inflating its climate spending by billions of dollars. Here’s how.

Maxwell Radwin 11 Dec 2025

Across Latin America populist regimes challenge nature conservation goals

Timothy J. Killeen 8 Dec 2025

What’s at stake for the environment in Honduras’ presidential election?

Maxwell Radwin 26 Nov 2025

The land deal threatening a vital piece of Bolivia’s Chiquitano dry forest

Maxwell Radwin 20 Nov 2025

What’s at stake for the environment in Chile’s upcoming election?

Maxwell Radwin 13 Nov 2025

Soy giants quietly prepare for EU deforestation law; impacts still uncertain

Marina Martinez 12 Nov 2025
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In the Amazon, political systems fail to prioritize the environment

Timothy J. Killeen 12 Nov 2025

Suriname’s plan to capitalize on carbon: Q&A with President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons

Maxwell Radwin 4 Nov 2025

Deforestation and disease spread as Nicaragua ignores illegal cattle ranching

Maxwell Radwin 20 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

Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns

Liz Kimbrough 8 Oct 2025
Deforestation for gold mining in Suriname.

In the Guyana Shield, the fight against deforestation is not ambitious enough

Timothy J. Killeen 3 Oct 2025

The fate of flying rivers could decide Amazon ‘tipping point,’ report says

Maxwell Radwin 26 Sep 2025

In the Andean Amazon, countries struggle to fight deforestation

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Sep 2025
Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo with elders and community leaders.

Protecting Indigenous Amazon lands may also protect public health, study says

Constance Malleret 19 Sep 2025
A Baird's tapir.

Animals that spread seeds are critical for climate solutions

Liz Kimbrough 19 Sep 2025
Cattle ranching

The formula that reduced deforestation in Brazil in the 21st century

Timothy J. Killeen 19 Sep 2025

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

Logan Rance 15 Sep 2025
Irrigation Dam 2 is just the latest in a string of dams being built atop protected forests within the Cardamom Mountains. Image supplied by source.

Cambodian irrigation dam construction threatens riverine communities in the Cardamoms

Gerald Flynn 10 Sep 2025
A structure built by one of the isolated communities in Loreto, Peru. Image courtesy of ORPIO

Isolated tribes under threat as Peru votes down Yavarí Mirim Indigenous Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 8 Sep 2025

Guatemala closes oil field, increases security in Maya Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 5 Sep 2025
A depiction of a gas flare in Putumayo, Columbia. (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Despite pledge, Colombia still has ways to expand Amazon oil exploration

Maxwell Radwin 29 Aug 2025

Data debunks spike in Sri Lanka’s elephant killings, points at media hype

Malaka Rodrigo 29 Aug 2025

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest still losing ‘large amounts’ of mature forest, despite legal protection

Liz Kimbrough 28 Aug 2025

Officials struggle with land invasions in Mexico’s Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 28 Aug 2025

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