Amazon Rainforest

'Illegal loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers arrive once roads are bulldozed into rainforests.'

Lucas Ferrante uncovered the impacts of the proposed BR-319 highway in the Amazon rainforest: it could trigger biome collapse and biodiversity crisis.

'The preservation of the Amazon isn't just about protecting nature - it's about safeguarding our own health.'

Malnutrition and chronic disease are impacting remote Amazonian tribes because of an influx of ultra-processed foods.

Hugo Blanco (15 November 1934 – 25 June 2023) fought every day of his life for the poor and for the environment. We can learn from him.

Ecuador's successful referendum should protect vital biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest.

A groundbreaking documentary sheds light on the urgent need to make ecocide a crime and protect indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon.

A train line brings workers - and COVID-19 - to the Awa Guajá community, threatening their survival. Part 2 of 2.

A visit to the Awa Guajá where people have died from sadness as well as guns since their land became a freight line for the world’s biggest iron-ore mine. Part 1 of 2.

Phosphorus exhaustion limits Amazon's growth rate as CO2 rises, making the rainforest less resilient to climate breakdown.

The world’s forests are being destroyed against a background of corruption, illegality and apathy.

Experts fear the Amazon is reaching tipping point, triggering dieback and major impacts for biodiversity and climate breakdown.

Beef imported to the UK drives human rights abuses and environmental destruction. The soy to feed British beef is doing the same thing.

Predictions based on computer simulations using real-world data gathered from more than 40 natural environments.

Soya is taking over the vegan food scene. But production surpasses vegan demand. There must be another culprit which is driving soya's destructive grip.

Indigenous Sapara people are resisting oil extractivism and building the case for protecting 30 million hectares of the Amazon.

Europe did not light the fires ravaging the Amazon, but it did provide some of the matches.

Plundering nature is the norm within our legal and economic systems. Our survival depends on charting a new course.

Amazon rainforest fires lead campaigners to urge universities to act and ban beef immediately.

'While Bolsonaro lets agribusinesses burn theAmazon, this week a UK Government minister has been busy cosying up to the Brazilian President's officials.'

The Waorani of the Ecuadorian Amazon have reached an emblematic legal victory in protecting their ancestral lands from petroleum extraction.

China is investing in the massive Mirador mining project in Ecuador - at great risk to human life and the natural environment.

The effect of hunting on the Amazon rainforest's ecosystem may not be as devastating as previously thought, according to a new study by the University of Connecticut and the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation and Research. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

The new Brazilian Forest Code proposes to relax land regulation in the Amazon rainforest which will increase logging, cattle ranching and other destructive activities. Tell President Dilma to veto the decision before it is too late