In the Amazon forest, human disturbances are now changing which trees grow, how they work, and how deep their evolutionary ...

By Mark J. Plotkin Having studied the healing plants and peoples of tropical South America for well over four decades, I am ...

Startups are rushing in to monetize the COP30 host’s push to preserve the rainforest before it turns into a driver of climate ...

The Amazon forest is losing its role as a carbon sink. Satellites reveal what this means for climate action worldwide.

Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including ...

Prior to COP30, Brazil and nine other tropical countries joined the Intergovernmental Land Tenure Commitment, or ILTC, a ...

Discover how bioeconomy practices, biodiversity preservation and carbon accounting are enhancing Amazon rainforest ...

Brazil, which is hosting the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in the city of Belem, aims to highlight ...

Belém, Brazil, builds a four lane highway through protected Amazon forest for COP30, sparking concern from locals and conservationists as major upgrades push ahead.

For decades, indigenous leader Nemonte Nenquimo has been battling to keep her Amazon rainforest home in Ecuador safe from exploitation by oil companies - now she hopes U.S. President-elect Joe Biden ...