The Amazon represents over half of the total area of remaining rainforest on Earth. The majority of the rainforest is in Brazil, but its lush, emerald green canopy also reaches into Peru and Colombia.

Organized crime and illicit economies emerged in 2025 as major drivers worsening deforestation across the Amazon region in ...

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

Deep in the Amazon, two men hold the key to protecting over 240,000 hectares of untouched rainforest. As powerful interests ...

Known as the “hypertropics,” this climate is defined by hot drought conditions—and hasn’t been seen on Earth for tens of ...

Imazon has developed AI deforestation prediction models that inform policies and help law enforcement protect the Amazon ...

About 200 members of Indigenous groups from Ecuador, Colombia and Peru gathered early this month in Ecuador's Amazonian ...

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Despite a rapidly changing environment and other threats, these Indigenous women are still fighting for their communities.

David Lindenmayer receives funding from the Australian Government, NSW Government and the Victorian Government. He is a Councillor with the Biodiversity Council and a Member of Birdlife Australia, the ...

Brazil insisted on hosting this year's COP30 climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem to put rainforests at the heart of ...

BELÉM, Brazil—Holding a climate summit in the tropics would seem to be a good idea. Scientists say the world’s hot zones are bearing the brunt of a warming climate. “The high temperatures do help ...