A civil court in Peru has issued a landmark ruling recognizing the territorial rights of the Kichwa people within a protected area of the Amazon.

As a result, Bolivia lost 14,800 square kilometres of forest in 2024, the second-most of any country, up 200% from 2023. It ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane highway ahead of an upcoming climate summit. Belém, which is set to host ...

Amazon rainforest cut down to make way for four-lane motorway to COP 30 on linkedin (opens in a new window) ...

Somebody get Greta on the horn! Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 ...

Governments have historically viewed the Amazon as an area to be exploited, with little regard for sustainability or the rights of its Indigenous peoples. 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon ...

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 ...

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 change. A warming climate ...

From the sky, the once lush landscape now features vast sand dunes, an unsettling sight that looks more like a desert than a rainforest. Bram Ebus, an Amazon analyst, emphasized the significance ...

President Joe Biden made a historic visit to the Amazon rainforest, becoming the first sitting US president to do so. During his visit, he pledged $50 million to Brazil's Amazon Fund and delivered ...

"Today, I'm proud to be here, the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest ... The reporter added that a map from the White House showed that the president and reporters ...