Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil's Amazon rainforest is reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor ...

Ecuador is pushing to increase its production of crude oil but faces a backlash from environmentalists and Indigenous groups.

Experience an immersive exploration deep in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador for 100 hours. This video showcases the diverse ecosystems, wildlife encounters, and stunning landscapes encountered along ...

State-run energy firm Petrobras faces resistance from Indigenous groups for its goal to open Brazil's northern coast to oil drilling. An environmental agency denied Petrobras a license for exploratory ...

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ...

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SAO PAULO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet on Tuesday for their first ...

In Brazil’s Amazon, people are trapped in a vicious cycle in which deforestation begets poverty, and poverty begets deforestation. Already, more than a fifth of the country’s rainforest has vanished.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Ecuadoreans voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end its operations in a region that’s ...

Deforestation coupled with climate change is rapidly pushing the Amazon Rainforest toward a perilous tipping point that could ...