Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive ...

Klages of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). “It helps us gain a better understanding of the swampy, conifer-rich rainforest ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging ...

1 Rainforest Connection, a San Francisco-based nonprofit, wanted to build technical solutions and partnerships around the world to help fight deforestation, protect the environment, and educate ...

Campaigns that educate people about the destruction caused by rain forest timber and encourage purchasing of sustainable rain forest products could drive demand down enough to slow deforestation ...

An eight-mile stretch of Amazon rainforest is being cleared to make ... but was repeatedly put on hold due to environmental concerns. Now that work is underway on the project, those concerns ...

Are these the last days of Brazil's realm of hidden wonder? Puerto Rico’s new trail traverses a tropical rainforest Puerto Rico’s new trail traverses a tropical rainforest ...

when right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took office and began weakening environmental enforcement. But the Amazon also represents the best hope for preserving what rainforest remains. The Amazon ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admitted Friday that his government "still has a lot to do" for Indigenous ...

In the heart of Brazil's Amazon, the village of Metuktire preserves its traditions, nurtures its people and holds the line against environmental destruction.

More than one third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity and drought, researchers said on Thursday, and action is needed to protect the critically important ecosystem.