The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land ...

The prediction came true: deforestation in Colombia increased in 2024 after two years of decline, just as the environment ...

The jaguar's future looks increasingly uncertain as Big Agribusiness tears down its home in Brazil's tropical forests to make ...

Illegal gold miners have been moving into Amapá in the wake of federal raids on mining hotspots in other parts of the ...

Supporters claim it stabilizes agriculture, but concerns arise ... groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest under the guise of economic development.

Brazil’s plans to build ports and roads to help move grains, beef and iron ore from the rainforest ... under expansion in Brazil’s northern half, with five railways planned for the Amazon ...

An ongoing Brazilian government operation launched in February has removed between 1,000 and 2,000 illegal head of cattle ...

Step inside the rainforest at Amazon River's Edge. Visitors can get up close with tropical birds including the green-winged macaws and scarlet ibis, and meet Parker the jaguar. "We've incorporated ...

despite the Latin American nation’s oil expansion plans. There is a “substantial difference in intention and integrity” between a COP presidency that comes out of a petrostate and one that represents ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admitted Friday that his government "still has a lot to do" for Indigenous communities battling for survival in the Amazon rainforest. Lula ...

"To double down on oil expansion is a betrayal ... and changing land use within the Amazon region accounting for a majority of the country's emissions. The Amazon is the world's largest tropical ...