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Destructive Gold Miners Work Overtime to Restore Thousands of Acres of Amazon Rainforest
In the Madre de Dios region of southern Peru, small, artisanal gold mines and the miners that work them have become a source of...
Bolivian Town Protects 1 Million Acres of Amazon Rainforest–Building a ‘Conservation Mosaic’ of 90% Forests
In some countries, executive government action is what creates big protected areas of wild lands, but in Bolivia, with the announcement of the establishment...
Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest Drops Sharply in One Year–Fewest Acres Since 2019
Deforestation across the Amazon Rainforest has fallen by 55% this year, marking the lowest amounts since 2019, and somewhat of a major victory to...
Indigenous Woman Wins Goldman Environmental Prize for Protecting 500,000 Acres of Amazon Rainforest
Indigenous Amazon leader Nemonte Nenquimo just won the world’s foremost award for grassroots environmental activism for her organizing work to save Ecuador’s rainforests.
Her leadership...
Hollywood Drones Are Being Repurposed to Study the Amazon Rainforest Like Never Before
Scientists have had to rely on satellites and aircrafts to monitor Amazon ecosystems—but now, these specialized drones are changing the game.
Leonardo DiCaprio Launches $5 Million Emergency Fund to Help Combat Amazon Rainforest Fires
The Oscar award-winning actor is not the only one helping to combat the Amazon rainforest fires, either.
Planting Positive Change With 73 Million More Trees in Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest is about to get a big breath of fresh air.
In the world's largest tropical reforestation project, conservations are going to reforest...
New Fund Protects Amazon Rainforest for 25 Years
An agreement signed May 22 will commit $215 million for expanded protection of the Amazon rainforest.
The move will guarantee funds for the next 25...
1,000-year-old Farming Secrets Could Save the Amazon Rainforest
An international team of archaeologists have made an intriguing discovery -- the peoples who farmed the Amazon long before the arrival of Europeans did...
World’s Largest Beef Company Signs Amazon Rainforest Pact
The bulk of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon occurs as a result of illegal cattle production.
Now, the world's largest meat processor, JBS-Friboi, has agreed...
Activists Win: New Jersey Scraps Plan to Buy Amazon Rainforest Timber
A Victory for those working to end ancient rainforest logging: The city council of Ocean City in New Jersey voted 6-0 last Thursday to...
Amazon, Unilever, and Nestlé join the UK, US and Norway in New $1Billion Initiative to Preserve Tropical Rainforests
This week, during the international Climate Summit, three governments and nine giant corporations announced a groundbreaking coalition, called LEAF, which is mobilizing to raise...
Amazon Tribes Are Excited to Use Drones to Detect Illegal Deforestation in Brazilian Rainforest
Indigenous rights' groups and WWF International are beginning to train Andean tribes people deep within the Amazon rainforest in the use of drones so...
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Cities Hidden in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Another ancient and lost city has been identified by archaeologists working with LiDAR in the Amazon Rainforest—with this most recent society dating as far...
60% of Ecuadorians Vote Against Continued Oil Drilling in Critical Amazon Biosphere
It was called the Yasuní popular consultation, and it asked the people of Ecuador a simple question: "Do you agree with the Ecuadorian government...
Deforestation Fell 26% in Colombian Amazon Last Year Since Peace and Reconciliation with Rebels in FARC
After its first-ever left-wing presidential administration took charge of negotiating permanent peace with the socialist FARC rebels, Colombia's forests are feeling the effects with...
Brazil’s President Makes Good on Campaign Promise to Evict Miners from Indigenous Reserves in the Amazon
When President 'Lula' da Silva took office this year in Brazil, many environmental and indigenous rights groups hoped he would fulfill campaign promises of...
Australia’s Ocean Kelp Forest is Growing at Light Speed–Rivaling the Mighty Amazon for Absorbing CO2
Great forests of ocean kelp were found in a recent study to be between 4 and 11-times more productive than the most productive crops...
Striking Photo of a Panther is Now Part of a Huge Project to Better Protect Amazon Diversity
Staring into the camera, this shot of a panther in the Amazon rainforest is part of a huge project to better protect the massive...
Incredible Cave Paintings 8 Miles-Long Revealed Deep in Amazon Forest: The Sistine Chapel of Ancients
Tens of thousands of pristine cave paintings were found daubed across an eight-mile stretch of rock in a once-in-a-century discovery in Colombia's Amazon rainforest.
Hailed...