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

Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end its operations in a region that’s home to two ...

Aerial view of an area of Amazon rainforest deforested by illegal fire ... would likely increase without proper governance in the region, as criminals would have easier access to remote areas ...

A video mistakable for a camera-trap sighting of an unidentified animal has appeared on social media with the claim that it’s from the Brazilian Amazon. The 10-second footage, which shows a mysterious ...

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 Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” plays an essential role in our planet’s ecosystem. Its ...

But that is changing rapidly, as the region is exposed to unprecedented stress from ... as late as the 1990s, the Amazon rainforest was still removing close to 1 billion tons—and in some years, closer ...

The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest – spanning 6.9 million ... its contribution to rainfall and moisture supply in the region, and it is one of the world’s largest natural carbon ...

Years of extreme droughts in the Amazon rainforest that studies have attributed to climate ... Maternal mortality is also higher in the Amazon region. Although public health officials have not ...

In Brazil, home to about 60 per cent of the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel drilling and mining are ... out financing any transactions in the oil and gas sector in the Amazon region. This story was ...