The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

In Lula’s first six months, Brazil Amazon deforestation dropped 34%

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest dropped 33.6% in the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s term, providing an encouraging sign for his administration's environmental efforts

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023

Commentary: It turns out ranching doesn’t have to destroy the Amazon rainforest

Can ranchers help rescue the Amazon?

Los Angeles Times · Jul 6, 2023

The forgotten Amazon: as a critical summit nears, politicians must get serious about deforestation in Bolivia

When asked to situate the world’s most iconic rainforest on a map, most people will pinpoint Brazil. And given the intense media coverage of the country’s deforestation and fires – concerns reached a peak under former president Jair Bolsonaro and his free-for-all approach – they might also imagine a thick…

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2023

Arnold Schwarzenegger Says He And James Cameron Once Took A Wild Trip To The Amazon, And It Included Fan Chanting And A ‘Monster’ Snake

Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up about a crazy trip to the Amazon with James Cameron, which involved a massive snake and a lot of fans.

Cinemablend · Jul 2, 2023

The big picture: a celebration of life in the Peruvian rainforest

The result of three years immersed in the ​Amazon​, Arguiñe Escandón and Yann Gross’s photographs​ capture the communities and rituals​ ​they encountered​

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Deforestation and the state of the world’s rainforests

The ongoing destruction of the world’s rainforests sped up in 2022, putting worldwide promises to end deforestation by 2030 in serious doubt.

The Week · Jun 29, 2023

Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar

Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2023

A scientist's 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas

The emerald-green canopy shifts and rustles as a troop of willowy, golden-gray monkeys slides through the Atlantic forest, a tropical ecosystem even more threatened than the Amazon

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds

Amazon rainforest and other ecosystems could collapse ‘very soon’, researchers warn

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2023

Colombian military searches for heroic dog who helped find children in the Amazon jungle

With his golden snout and his pointy ears, Wilson became a national hero in Colombia when he helped the military find four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and were lost in the Amazon jungle for 40 days

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023