Ecology and Society, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Jun 2016) (10 pages) ABSTRACT. Deforestation and hunting are main wildlife threats in Amazonia, affecting the ecosystem and dwellers that rely on game meat. Data ...

Abstract Numerous plant species native to the Amazon have not yet been chemically studied. Studies of seeds are scarcer, since adversities in accessing study areas and seasonality pose constant ...

Increasingly prolonged and intense droughts in the Amazon pose a deadly threat to the native Amazonian manatee, lowering river levels that expose these giant aquatic mammals to poachers.

“The point of no return is not in the future; it is now.” Olivia Rosane is a freelance writer who focuses on environmental issues. Her work has appeared in EcoWatch, YES!, and Real Life Magazine.

The Amazon rainforest is often called the "lungs of the planet," but decades of deforestation have severely damaged this vital ecosystem. Now, an ambitious reforestation startup is stepping in to ...

LIMA, Peru-Pressed up against the remote jungle border with Brazil's Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, Peru's Amazonian region of Yavari Mirim has long been known as home to some of the last tribal ...

STRI copy 39088015875966 gift of Fernando Santos-Granero. STRIRU copy 39088016950222 has bookplate Gift of Olga F. Linares. Contents The fabricated body: objects and ancestors in northwest Amazonia / ...