Encompassing some 7,400 square kilometers, or 2,860 square miles, along the Honduran border, Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere ...

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area encompasses an area of Amazon Rainforest more than half the size of ...

Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon ...

Major soybean traders may abandon the Amazon Soy Moratorium, risking deforestation, to retain tax benefits in Brazil's Mato ...

Many tipping elements are now well-known: the Amazon rainforest, the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning ...

Conclusion The world will lose 1 million square kilometers of forests, peatlands and other natural spaces. This is largely ...

Along a nine-mile stretch of river between two waterfalls in the Australian rainforest lives a tiny fish that’s been there ...

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face ...

Explore the urgent crisis facing the Amazon rainforest in this in-depth documentary. Learn about the vital role the Amazon plays in absorbing carbon emissions, supporting biodiversity, and regulating ...

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Tens of thousands of trees in the Amazon rainforest have been wiped out to prepare for a global summit on saving the environment, the latest in seeming climate-change hypocrisy. In northern Brazil, ...