If that sounds like a massive chunk of Latin America, that’s because it is. The designation of the new natural corridor means ...

A major study shows Amazon and Andes forests are failing to adapt to climate change, raising alarms for biodiversity and ...

Leaders from South America's Amazon nations have gathered in Colombia to agree on a joint plan to protect the rainforest.

The foreign ministers of the countries that share the Amazon rainforest in South America met on Thursday in Bogota, ahead of ...

Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in nine years.

In the Amazon, forest loss jumped by 110% compared to 2023, the biggest increase since 2016. Although tropical forest loss rose globally, some countries, like Indonesia and Malaysia, saw improvements.

Peru has also declared a state of emergency in six regions as fires spread across the country. By late September, the fires had killed 20 people, injured more than 160, and burned more than 12,300 ...

The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024. A second year of record drought contributed to wildfires that worsened deforestation across the massive forest, which spans ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...