After his victory, he appointed climate activist Marina Silva to head the Environmental Ministry and Indigenous leader Sonia ...

The group recently launched the Brazil Restoration and Bioeconomy Finance Coalition with a solid plan to preserve and restore ...

Global deforestation remains a pressing concern, but in Indonesia, home to the world’s third-largest tropical rainforest, deforestation rates remain below their peak from 8–10 years ago, despite chall ...

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

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 ...

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

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

“If the Amazon rainforest is to avoid the tipping point ... leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva contrasted with deforestation that hit a 15-year high under Lula's predecessor, far ...

Authorities are also investigating the colonies since some of the land grab coincides with Indigenous communities. Satellite ...

Since the start of the 21st century, major planetary ecosystems, like the Amazon rainforest and Antarctica have consistently ...

The Amazon is perilously close to an ecological tipping point. According to a February paper in Nature, “by 2050, 10% to 47 percent of Amazonian forests will be exposed to compounding disturbances ...