Abstract: Tropical rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth and also among the most threatened by anthropogenic pressures such as deforestation and climate change. Understanding ...

BOGOTA, July 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Peruvian indigenous groups equipped with remote sensing technology and satellite-based alerts have been helping to track and report forest loss in the ...

Tupá Matis, near the Itui river in the Javari Valley, Brazil. The Matis were devastated by Western diseases after they were first contacted in the 1970s — over half of them died in the year following ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday put forward his vision for how the Amazon rainforest should be protected, a future that didn't depend on donations from ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday put forward his vision for how the Amazon rainforest should be protected, a future that didn’t depend on donations from ...