Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, ...

Colombia recorded a sharp uptick in deforestation in the country's Amazon rainforest for last year. The expansion of livestock farming and illegal construction were among the factors authorities ...

Marina Silva said the bill — rammed through Brazil’s congress by the powerful farming lobby late at night just before a summer recess — represents the biggest potential setback to environmental ...

The Amazon rainforest is facing a threat unlike any other, and this 37-second clip sums up all the deforestation that has happened.

Recent moves in Ecuador have environmental interests concerned that the South American nation is unwinding some of the basis ...

The Amazon and Congo rainforests are two of the most important ecological treasures on Earth, yet they are vastly different ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural resources, both in terms of the resources it contains and its role in producing oxygen and cleaning the world's air. The forest stores up ...

Environmental activist Hipólito Quispe Huamán was shot and killed Saturday night in the Madre de Dios region of southeastern ...

Colombia saw a significant rise in deforestation in 2024, with a 43% increase in forest loss compared to the previous year. The surge occurred despite efforts to curb illegal activities and protect ...

A new report by the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center has ...

New state-level legislation in Brazil, including the withdrawal of tax incentives for companies adhering to the ASM, is ...

Brazil's Climate Observatory has called the bill the "biggest environmental setback" since Brazil's military dictatorship, in ...