Biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon awaiting official recognition for 20 years

Peru government silent on awarding protected status

Quarter of the Amazon at point of no return, says new report; still possible to save remainder

Some 66% of the Amazon is subject to some type of constant or permanent pressure

Threatened species up by 25% in Queensland’s Wet Tropics due to climate change

Habitat loss, alterations in ecosystems and invasive species are among major threats  

Deforestation embargoes in Brazilian Amazon not followed in over 85% area: Report

Embargoes helped revive only 13% forest area

‘World must share responsibility for Amazon fires’

The number of fires in Brazil this year have jumped 83% over last year

Even protected forest areas are significant source of CO2 emission: study

Most of the carbon-emitting protected areas are located in Brazil and Indonesia

Francisco de Orellana would be stunned and stupefied by the low water levels in the Amazon: Buddy Levy

Down To Earth speaks to Idaho-based author of 2011 book on the first voyage to navigate the Amazon river in 1542

How to stay evergreen: Gabon plans to harness its rainforests

Historically, Gabon has contributed to only 0.03% of global greenhouse gas emissions

Brazil to go in for second round of voting after Lula fails to win outright

Incumbent Jair Bolsonaro is widely expected to win the second round on October 30

Protect indigenous rights to save Amazon forest, urge leaders at COP28

Amazonian Indigenous leaders will be calling for urgent action to protect their rights, end industrial mining to pave way for Brazil COP

Amazonian biodiversity: Indigenous convoy to bring focus to threats during Montreal summit

Non-profit Amazon Watch, among others, to participate in COP15 CBD

Amazon’s ability to absorb carbon is declining, says study

Researchers say the quick dying of trees is behind the reduced carbon uptake

Degradation of Amazon rainforest affecting its natural function

Fallout could be linked to increasing droughts

Borneo’s wildlife habitat to shrink by a third in 65 years

Over 30 per cent of island’s mammals likely to become extinct

The cutting edge

Conservationists in Brazil come up with a model way to reduce the pressure on forests

Why fires that scorched the Amazon are a planetary emergency

From the Arctic to the Amazon, fires are raging at an unprecedented scale, stoking an unfathomable fear: is the planet staring at an irreversible …

Will Jair Bolsonaro destroy the Amazon and its Indians?

It remains to be seen whether Brazil’s President-Elect will act on his pre-poll statements vis-à-vis Amazonia and its natives. …

Congo: World’s 2nd-largest rainforest continues to vanish with half a million hectares lost in 2022, says report

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, which accounts for 60% of the rainforest, has a rapidly growing population which has increasing food and …

Malawi’s tiny Chapman’s chameleons are holding on for dear life

Populations of the Chapman’s pygmy chameleon in isolated forest patches are ‘genetically disconnected’

A 'sapphire rush' has sent at least 45,000 miners into Madagascar's protected rainforests

The island's latest mining boom threatens a critically endangered lemur – and puts human lives at risk

Save Africa’s forest elephants if you want the Congo rainforest to continue capturing carbon: Study

World’s second-biggest rainforest could lose 6-9 % of its carbon capture ability, if the forest elephant goes extinct, says Saint Louis …

What an Indian environmentalist in Brazil has to say on the Amazon fires

Kerala-born environmental scientist Shaji Thomas, who has been working in the Amazon for the past 25 years, shares his thoughts on the infernos …

Indigenous defenders stand between illegal roads, survival of Amazon rainforest — elections in Brazil, Peru could be a turning point

A victory for sustainability, conservation and culture in Brazil could resonate across political borders into Peru and the other seven countries …

Climate change has a history of disrupting civilisations, study finds

Major shifts in temperature and rainfall in the first millennium affected agriculture and also caused the decline of many indigenous groups in …

Deep in the jungle, scientists explore the links between the Congo and climate change

Researchers aim to understand how the world’s second-largest rainforest is responding to—and influencing—global warming