The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

At the lawless triple border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru, drug trafficking, illegal logging and gangs jeopardise the ecological and social fabric of the rainforest

Rare images of the Mashco Piro tribe near logging activities in the Peruvian Amazon raise concerns for their safety and well-being. Increased sightings pro...

Mashco Piro are increasingly venturing out of their rainforest in search of food, driven by expanding logging activities

Although deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon have halved, it is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London.

Colombia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial carbon credit deal in the Amazon rainforest, which six local tribes said had been signed without their consent.

With economic crises bearing down on the government, honouring the result of a referendum that demanded an end to drilling in a national park is proving difficult

Government reports 36% decrease, with most gains in Amazon forest where conservation efforts are focused

The state’s dilemma sums up a core problem faced by the president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: how to reconcile environmental commitments with the need for development

Colombia's deforestation rates dropped by 36% in 2023, with efforts focused on conservation and sustainable practices. Challenges remain due to illegal act...

Deforestation in Colombia fell 36% in 2023, the government said

On the final leg of his Amazon adventure, our writer arrives in Brazil, where he looks at efforts to revive tribal cultures and to protect wildlife in the world’s most fascinating environmental battleground