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In 2002, high explosives were laid in oil wells across 20 sq km of forest. The firm has gone but the pentolite remains, despite a court ruling, putting lives and the ecosystem at risk

Guerrilla leader turned president says, faced with having to reduce their carbon consumption, upper classes fear ‘the barbarians are coming’

Ecuadorians have voted for a ban but could be disappointed given the power of vested interests, writes Frank Brouwer

Referendum alongside presidential election will decide whether to halt extraction in Amazon national park

Eight South American presidents including Brazil’s Lula say rich countries need to pledge more resources to help protect rainforest

From mining to cattle ranching and soya farming, some of the world’s largest companies exploit the region, though many also claim to be giving something back

During COP27, held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) published the Living Amazon Report 2022. This report has shed light on the current state of the Amazon rainforest and the gravity of the deforestation...

From Ukraine developments and China’s Covid surge to renewable energy and hope for the Amazon

Satellite images presented that an illegal road through the Brazilian Amazon's protected land is about to connect two of the worst deforestation regions of the rainforest...

Growth of the Amazon rainforest in our increasingly carbon-rich atmosphere could be limited by a lack of phosphorus in the soil, new research shows.

While many people have heard of Amazon rain forest land being cleared for grazing cows doomed to become burgers, the pursuit of cows' skin is also driving deforestation...

Humans are barreling toward a catastrophic tipping point for the Amazon rainforest, according to a recent study by more than 200 scientists. If we don’t change our habits immediately, the damage will be irreversible.[...]

It is impossible to protect the Amazon rainforest without involving Indigenous communities, according to environmental activists fighting for the forests...

A recent study in Nature shows that the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs. For the first time, scientists have confirmed that despite once being the largest carbon sink in the world, the...

The Peruvian Amazon is the world’s fourth largest tropical rainforest and an important biodiversity hotspot. But as usual, people are putting financial gain over preserving endemic and endangered species. As the price of...