Colombia Passes First-Ever National Law Requiring Beef to Be Traced Back to Its Origins
The new law is aimed at tackling deforestation in protected areas and will take effect over two years.
By Georgina Gustin
Amazon Rainforest
The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’
By Georgina Gustin
Amazon Deforestation at Eight-Year Low, Report Shows
By Gabriel Matias Castilho
In the Fight to Defend the Amazon, This Indigenous Community’s Secret Weapon Is Science
Story and photos by Katie Surma
Protesters Target Cargill at One of the Company’s Major Amazonian Ports
By Georgina Gustin
Trump Wants to Accelerate Extraction in Venezuela. So Do Drug Trafficking Organizations.
By Katie Surma
In Ecuador’s Battle of Toad vs. Road, Toad Wins
By Katie Surma
Countries Want Debt Relief for Conservation. Is China Ready to Play a Role?
By Katie Surma, Georgina Gustin
Latest Twist in Chevron’s Amazon Pollution Saga: Ecuador Ordered to Pay the Oil Company $220 Million
By Katie Surma
Days After COP30, Brazil Weakened Amazon Safeguards
By Bob Berwyn
A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge
By Georgina Gustin
When a Road Goes Wrong
By Georgina Gustin
A New Tropical Forest Fund Will Pay Countries, Locals and Indigenous Tribes to Protect Their Trees
Interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System
By Teresa Tomassoni
Global Rush for Copper Hits the Amazon
Story by Dylan Baddour, photos by Tom Laffay
Will COP30 Finally Prioritize Indigenous Voices?
By Liza Gross
Defending Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon
By Teresa Tomassoni
Indigenous Land Defender Killed in Ecuador as Government Cracks Down on Environmental and Human Rights Activists
By Katie Surma
