The Brazilian Government yesterday released data indicating that, since last year, the level of Amazon deforestation has risen by 29%. Brazil is losing control over the...
The Munduruku Indigenous Peoples came together with Greenpeace Brazil for an unofficial demarcation of their Brazilian Amazonian land. The community-led demarcation, which includes putting up signs...
The Brazilian Government want to build a minimum of five mega-dams on the Tapajos River where 12,000 Munduruku Indigenous Peoples live. The river, in the heart...
A new documentary, ArBolivia, vividly tells the story of continuing deforestation in the Bolivian Amazon and the hope of a solution through a small but truly...
“Each year the Amazon rainforest is disappearing at the rate of an area equivalent to Belgium, Wales, …” – so ran the headlines 20 years ago. ...
The Amazon rainforest naturally absorbs more carbon out of the atmosphere than it emits, according to a new study that underlines the importance of the threatened...
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has continued to increase, accelerating by 88% in 2012 according to satellite analysis. Brazilian NGO Mongabay’s deforestation tracking system, SAD, detected...
A NASA-backed study has said that degradation of area twice the size of California in the Amazon rainforest could be because of climate change. A so-called...