On Thursday, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research announced that between August 2023 and July 2024, 6,288 square ...

At least 427 species of mammals live in the Amazon rain forest, but one now dominates in terms of raw numbers: the cow. Cattle farming accounts for up to 80% of deforested land. In 2018 ...

Nearly a decade ago, Juan Julio Durand co-founded Junglekeepers in Peru with a simple yet ambitious goal: to protect the ...

BRASILIA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months through July compared to the same ...

Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth's energy budget, water cycle, and climate. However, the origin of aerosol ...

The Amazônia Revelada project aims to identify sites in the Amazon by combining state-of-the-art technology with the traditional knowledge of forest peoples.

According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, ...

The rain forest has long functioned as a carbon sink ... However, new research has shown that parts of the Amazon now emit more carbon dioxide than they can take in, partly due to soaring ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to ...

To fully understand what’s happening in the Amazon, we must listen to Indigenous peoples. They are the guardians of the rainforest and have invaluable knowledge that can protect and restore nature for ...

Now the cooperative buys nuts from ... When the soil became depleted, he would destroy more of the forest to create another plot. With the help of the Amazon Fund, five years ago he began planting ...

To fully understand what’s happening in the Amazon, we must listen to Indigenous peoples. They are the guardians of the rainforest and have invaluable knowledge that can protect and restore nature for ...