You don’t need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon’s most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire. As you ...

The effect is that about 10,000 acres of rainforest are being destroyed daily, which is ultimately impacting weather patterns ...

Half a century of oil drilling has left the Amazon rainforest scarred -and a new wave of fossil fuel extraction is coming ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the ...

They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a ...

Brazil's Real-Time Deforestation Detection System (Deter ... One of the actions identified as key to safeguarding the Amazon rainforest is the resumption of environmental inspection.

As reported by the BBC, the state government of Pará cleared out eight miles of Amazon rainforest to build the highway. The BBC’s article has pictures of the clear-cut forest floor where logs have ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over ... Silvia Sardinha warned that there was a "loss" from deforestation since animals "will no longer be able to ...

(Source: Up to 47% of Amazon Rainforest at Risk of Collapse by Mid-Century Due to ‘Unprecedented Stress’ From Global Warming and Deforestation, Earth.org, Feb. 15, 2024) Moreover, a 2021 ...

Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less rain in the dry season, according to new research published Wednesday underscoring the rainforest's "pivotal" role in ...

Raoni told AFP in an interview ahead of the visit that he would press Lula to halt plans for an oil mega-project at the mouth of the Amazon ... at the cost of rainforest destruction.