Climate skeptics are targeting new research on the Amazon to downplay global warming's impact on rainforests as Brazil ...

The Cofán people in Ecuador watch over the forest to defend it from invaders. After studying in the U.S., Hugo Lucitante returned home to help.

Photographer, cinematographer and photojournalist Sebastião Salgado would like you to know that Paradise exists. He is referring to the Amazon rainforest, and he should know. Born on a Brazilian farm, ...

Although human influence dominates present-day Amazonian rainforest fires, old charcoal fragments, buried in the soils or in lacustrine sediments, confirm that fire has played a major role in the ...

We speak with journalists who have known and reported on Amazonia for years, and who also know the violence in the region like the back of their hands. Repórter Brasil’s Daniel Camargos speaks about ...

A study was conducted on the effect of extended land-use on secondary forest biomass accumulation in the Amazon. Structural measurements were made in a series of secondary forest stands, from 4-30 y ...

An area encompassing a little more than 172 thousand km² of deforested land in the region called Amazônia Legal is under regeneration. The data were released Wednesday (Nov 26) as part of TerraClass ...

The United Nations General Assembly's theme for the 2023 International Day of Forests is "Forests and Health" as Jaguar collaborates with communities in the Amazonia rainforest to ethically source the ...

According to a study published in the journal PloS One late last year, the Brazilian Amazon has about 2.3 million square kilometers (nearly 900,000 square miles) of land suitable for oil palm ...

Forests across the globe are witnessing remarkable transformations as scientists document unprecedented restoration efforts ...

Mariah Carey is about to play one of her most iconic gigs. On Thursday (Sept. 11), organizers of the upcoming Amazônia Live – Today and Always concert announced that MC has been tapped to headline the ...

The Amazon was densely populated before Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World, confirms new evidence unearthed in Brazil 1. The finds lay to rest the notion that the region was pristine ...