The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate ...

Hélio Ferreira Conde lives in the northwestern Brazilian state of Acre, around 60 kilometres from the municipality of Xapuri. His land is accessible only by car, followed by another smaller car (to ...

The first time Virgilio Viana saw the Amazon up close, he was a 16-year-old with a backpack, two school friends and very ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

In 2024, the Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in more than two decades. According to a new study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the fire-driven ...

A new study by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Center reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just undergone its most devastating forest fire season in over two decades, which ...

This year’s annual UN climate conference COP30 with 50,000 expected attendees held in Belém, Brazil is one-upping the past two COPs (UN Conference of the Parties) that were held by, and dictated by, ...