Amazon nations carry out major multinational crackdown on environmental crime
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police from five Amazon countries have arrested hundreds of people and seized timber, minerals…
Colombia’s outgoing environment minister warns of climate action setbacks
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia ’s outgoing environment minister warned Friday that the incoming government could reverse recent…
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…
Gold prices spark mining rush in Brazil’s Amazon, fueling deforestation
SAO PAULO (AP) — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush…
This Amazon tribe was headed for extinction. An unexpected birth brings hope
SAO PAULO (AP) — Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving…
Brazil’s soy industry withdraws from Amazon deforestation pact, risking forest loss
SAO PAULO (AP) — For nearly 20 years, Brazil’s largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest —…
Amazon deforestation surges in Colombia, reversing historic gains
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government reported on Thursday a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s…
What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers
CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens…