Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest ...

The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land ...

One unusual characteristic of Latin American nations is their proclivity to adopt new constitutions that reflect periodic ...

Gold mining has ramped up across the Amazon rainforest in recent years, leaving devastated landscapes behind. Small-scale—and usually illegal—mining operations dredge the mineral from subsoil or river ...

Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

Mercury pollution in the Amazon is caused by gold mining. Discover how tree core samples identify the concentration and spread of this toxin.

Essex Town residents are voicing their concerns over a proposed distribution center that they believe will have negative impacts on the area.

The two-day first Amazon Environmental Judicial Summit is held by the CNJ to discuss the participation of the Judiciary in environmental and climate change issues. Regarding the Amazon Dialogues ...

It's not just forests, like most of the Amazon,” Arruda went on. In the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, the fire has reached areas of 90,000 and 70,000 hectares, respectively.

Additionally, hosting COP30 in locations with existing infrastructure could minimize environmental degradation. The construction of highways in the Amazon to host COP30 presents a critical dilemma ...

Ane Alencar, science director at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute in Brazil, told Mongabay that the move “lays the groundwork for early preventive action and highlights the need to ...