Sources: Global Forest Watch/RAISG Map data: Natural Earth *including the biogeographical limits, administrative regions and ...

Freshwater habitats cover less than 1% of the planet's surface but support 10% of its animal species, a zoologist and study ...

As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to ...

South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis.

The Amazon rainforest is shrinking due to deforestation, driven by industries like timber and cattle. But what if there was a way to profit from protecting it instead? We explore the concept of ...

The Brazilian city of Belém will host this year’s UN climate summit, Cop30, in November. It will be the tenth summit since ...

However, a recent revival of the rubber tapper trade in the impoverished northern region of Brazil has brought new hope to ...

New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with ...

In the Brazilian Amazon, workers use metal tubes to sow seedlings in rapid succession, as part of an effort to reforest the ...

Although freshwater habitats cover less than 1 percent of the Earth's surface, they support 10 percent of known animal species.

President Gustavo Petro’s Historic Pact government, in power since 2022, is a first in Colombia’s history. No other party ...

An Indonesian government plan to clear forests spanning an area twice the size of South Korea for food and biofuel crops has ...