On the banks of the Guama River where the city of Belem presses up against the vast green Amazon, Brazil is pioneering an ...

Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.

After four decades of research, a scientist returns to the Amazon in an effort to change the behavior that has lead to years ...

As the holidays approach and island life begins to explore another winter season, a rapidly growing trend is circulating through our communities.

Atmos reports on Veja's initiative to source rubber from Amazonian seringueiros, aiming to combat deforestation while ...

Microplastics silently threaten even untouched Amazon wilderness. The post Microplastics Invade the Amazon Rainforest, Affecting Animals Even in Remote Areas appeared first on Bushcraft Base Camp.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous people and their allies, have traveled ...

The Ferrograo railway project would transport commodities including corn and soybeans nearly 621 miles from a city on the ...

Air pollution across the vast Amazon rainforest — commonly nicknamed Earth’s “lungs” — is actually worse than some of the world’s biggest cities, new data shows. The Amazon’s 50 million residents are ...

Brazil’s leader, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, says he wants the future of the Amazon rainforest to be built around a major fund that will pay countries to keep their forests standing.

The first time Virgilio Viana saw the Amazon up close, he was a 16-year-old with a backpack, two school friends and very ...