Brazil to invest $75 million in highway through Amazon and unveils environmental protection plan
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government announced Wednesday that it will invest $75 million in the BR-319 highway…
He sold his goats to buy tree seedlings and transformed barren hills into a forest: Meet Mbah Sadiman
For years, villagers in a drought-prone region of Central Java believed Mbah Sadiman was wasting his life. While…
New Study Shows Risks of Amazon Deforestation. And Rewards of Protection.
If deforestation and global warming continue unchecked, the Amazon rainforest could begin a gradual transition to a degraded,…
A gold-fueled mining rush scars Brazil’s Amazon, spiking deforestation and mercury risks
SAO PAULO (AP) — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush…
AI tool tracks spread of illegal gold mining in Amazon protected areas
Gold mining presumed to be illegal caused 6,000 hectares (more than 14,800 acres) of deforestation in Amazonian…
Coffee companies launch satellite-based program to track deforestation
NEW YORK, April 22 (Reuters) – Several coffee companies and coffee traders are launching a new system to…
Your Easter chocolate may harm the environment
The United Kingdom’s cocoa imports drove more than 2,000 hectares of deforestation in 2025 alone, mainly in…
From carbon-storing tigers to flood-blocking beavers: How wildlife secretly tackles climate change
As the planet edges closer to irreversible damage, wild animals around the world are staging their own secret…
‘Hope for Indigenous peoples’: An unexpected birth could bring this Amazon tribe back from the brink
Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu,…
‘We’re calling on everyone to unite’
A new-to-science frog species has been identified, but experts say it should be classified as endangered. What’s happening?…
Amazon is getting drier as deforestation shuts down atmospheric rivers
Vast areas of the Amazon rainforest have been burned for cattle ranching MICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images Deforestation…
Shrinking Forests Drive Mosquitoes to Bite Humans
Mosquitoes appear to be acquiring a stronger taste for human blood, out of necessity. A new study…