The BR-319 is famed as one of South America's most challenging drives, but those who attempt it are rewarded with an ...

The Lula administration has announced plans to increase fines for violators. New report uncovers disturbing factor driving ...

Nearly a decade ago, Juan Julio Durand co-founded Junglekeepers in Peru with a simple yet ambitious goal: to protect the ...

On Thursday, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research announced that between August 2023 and July 2024, 6,288 square ...

Yearly deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by almost a third since August 2023, the Brazilian government said on Wednesday, plummeting to a nine-year low after historic droughts and ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 30.6% over the past year, reaching the lowest level of destruction in nine ...

the Amazon rainforest -- which covers nearly 40 percent of South America -- has lost about 20 percent of its area to deforestation, due to the spread of agriculture and cattle ranching ...

Colombia President Gustavo Petro took office in 2022 with ambitious plans to combat climate change and lead a clean energy ...

Sadly, the Amazon rainforest is a rapidly disappearing ... Clearing the trees also creates areas for cattle ranching, soybean farming, and the construction of roads and houses.

Brazil’s environment minister, a renowned former activist, helped push climate change to the top of President Lula’s agenda.