The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

High heat can stop plant photosynthesis

Heat is just one of many stressors for the world’s beleaguered Amazon

Salon · Aug 29, 2023

Support grows for sustainable development, a 'bioeconomy,' in the Amazon

The Brazilian Amazon has long been home to small and mid-sized sustainable businesses that use forest nuts, fruits and other products, and it's an incubator for new ones

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023

Amazon’s emissions ‘doubled’ under first half of Bolsonaro presidency

New study published in Nature says period was as destructive as record 2016 El Niño drought and heatwave

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023

In a first, Ecuador to vote on oil drilling in the Amazon

To some, Ecuador's jungle is a home and a valuable tool in fighting climate change, to others, it is a vital solution to a struggling economy.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 17, 2023

Two former Royal Marines fight off gun-wielding pirates using paddles during Amazon trip

The trip of a lifetime took a turn when the pair faced gunfire from pirates close to the Colombian border

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023

Driving out the rainforest invaders: crackdown on illegal mining brings hope after Bolsonaro era

Ibama agent Hugo Loss says he and his team have neutralised mining equipment in Operation Xapiri

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2023

Amazon rainforest | The scramble to save the planet’s lungs

At the ACTO summit in Belem do Para, Brazil, leaders from Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana called for cooperation to protect the Amazon rainforest. The “Belem declaration” promised concerted efforts to arrest deforestation, protect Indigenous people’s rights and invite development banks to pool funds for conservation…

The Hindu · Aug 12, 2023

Colombia prosecutors confirm arrest of father of 2 of the 4 children lost 40 days in Amazon jungle

Colombian officials say they have arrested the father of two of the four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash that killed their mother and two other adults, then survived 40 days on their own in the Amazon jungle

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023

Thursday briefing: Inside South America’s summit to save the Amazon

In today’s newsletter: After years of rampant exploitation under a far-right government, Brazil has brought together leaders to help secure the future of the world’s biggest rainforest – and create ‘a just ecological transition’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2023

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today as wildfires tear through Hawaii

As representatives from nations that span the Amazon rainforest gather in Brazil to discuss protecting a region critical to countering climate change, Indigenous people are a constant presence reminding them of the stakes

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023