When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...

The Amazon is in its worst state of the last 50 years.” Over ten thousand species are at high risk of extinction, researchers say, in large part due to deforestation, according to a report by ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to store large amounts of carbon and its influence on the global water cycle.

Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office has signed a landmark agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink to limit the use of its ...

Countries in the Amazon region are failing to “follow the money” in their investigations of environmental crimes, the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition said ...

Pope Leo XIV has hands-on experience of navigating the Amazon. Many Catholics have said they believe Prevost’s experience as bishop of Chiclayo, a city of 630,000 residents in Northern Peru and ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil should not explore oil reserves in the Amazon region, because of the dangerous impact on local communities, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, of the Kayapo people, told ...

Brazil's Ibama Staff Recommend Against Petrobras Drilling in Amazon Region By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The technical staff at Brazil's environmental agency Ibama recommended that ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to store large amounts of carbon and its influence on the global water cycle.