A vast portion of the Amazon rainforest has been cleared to build a road for the COP30 climate summit. The local community is distraught: "Everything was destroyed. Our harvest has already been cut ...

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” plays an essential role in our planet’s ecosystem. Its ...

This year’s annual UN climate conference COP30 with 50,000 expected attendees held in Belém, Brazil is one-upping the past two COPs (UN Conference of the ...

Brazil's environment minister Edson Duarte said in a statement that illegal logging was the main factor behind the increase in deforestation in the Amazon The states of Pará and Mato Grosso were ...

A transformative initiative in the Brazilian Amazon is protecting nearly 400,000 hectares of rainforest while helping local communities build sustainable livelihoods. With support from Health In ...

News Wrap: Biden administration allows Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia In our news wrap Sunday, a senior U.S. official confirmed that Ukraine will be allowed for the first time to ...

As reported by the BBC, the state government of Pará cleared out eight miles of Amazon rainforest to build the highway. The ...

The climate conference doesn't begin until November but controversy is already swirling, according to the BBC.

The pristine canopy of the Amazon rainforest is breathtaking when seen from the air. It's hard to describe just how big it is, but it is absolutely vast, spanning nine countries in South America.

Thousands of fires are currently wreaking havoc in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Many of them have been blazing for months, and it could take months more still to put them out. Although fires ...

Opponents fear that mining will expose the tribe to harmful pollution and hurt tribal unity, while supporters think it will ...