Tropical rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth and also among the most threatened by anthropogenic pressures such as deforestation and climate change. Understanding human ...

The Amazon Soy Moratorium, a sectoral agreement which protects the Brazilian Amazon from deforestation, is under threat.

Uncover the pivotal role of the Amazon Rainforest in global ecology and its title as the Lungs of the Earth through scientific insight.

The declaration of Suriname as the first malaria-free Amazonian country by the World Health Organization should spur other ...

Rubber tapping in the forest was once the main Amazonian economic activity, and now an Indigenous group is bringing it back.

The Brazilian state of Piaui will issue carbon credits in return for action to combat deforestation, it said on Tuesday, ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a corner ...