Assets worth over $64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation ...

The map of the Amazon Basin reveals a far greater extent of peatlands than previously documented. The new research article, published in Environmental Research Letters, sheds light on a critical ...

A recent study looking at 343,000 kilometers of waterways along 6,000 rivers across the Amazon Basin highlights the importance of free-flowing rivers to migratory species of fish and turtles, as ...

Wildfires devastated the Amazon basin in 2024 They wiped away all progress governments had made to curb deforestation in recent years ...

Environmental crime slows climate action, deters investment in nature-based solutions, and undermines the green transition. Around the world, land grabbing, illegal deforestation, illicit mining ...

Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says. The Madeira river, a major ...

“The Amazon Basin is facing one of the most severe droughts in recent years in 2024, with significant impacts on several member countries,” stated a technical note issued Wednesday by the ...

The Colorado River basin was flagged as a region depleted due to heavy water use, as was the Amazon in South America.

Have you ever wondered what secrets the Amazon Basin holds beneath its murky waters? I'm Flavio Gallo Cardozo, a biologist from Bolivia, and I'm excited to share with you the journey of ...

The eight countries that comprise the Amazon River basin agreed on several initiatives to curtail deforestation in the world’s largest and most important rainforest.

A UAE-coordinated law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has led to 94 arrests and the ...

In 2023, the Amazon basin suffered its most severe drought in at least 45 years – which scientists at the World Weather Attribution group found had been made many times more likely by climate ...