Human activity continues to expand ever further into wild areas, throwing ecology out of balance. But what begins as an ...

Brazil’s biggest soy producers have withdrawn from the soy moratorium, a pledge to avoid Amazon deforestation.

Police from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border ...

The Amazon rainforest is often called the “lungs of the Earth” and credited with producing some 20 percent of the world’s ...

Environmental groups are skeptical about whether grain traders that supply livestock feed to global meat markets will keep ...

The withdrawal of leading traders has left Amazon even more vulnerable to rampant deforestation and climate crisis.

An interview with Virgilio Viana on protecting the Amazon, centering local communities and what it will take to keep the ...

Research investigate whether the size and pattern of deforestation matters, suggesting that guiding clearing can mitigate ...

Nearly 20 years ago, a Brazilian lobbying group for soy trading and processing companies signed onto a historic conservation ...

Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through enormous swaths of the Amazon, releasing masses of planet-warming carbon ...

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are ...

This analysis explores key storylines, examining the political, environmental, and economic dynamics shaping tropical rainforests in 2025, with attention to how policy, markets, and climate stress ...