Amazon Rainforest

The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’

Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further imperil the world’s biggest and most climate-critical rainforest.

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

Deforestation Threatens Public Health. Securing Indigenous Land Rights Can Help, Researchers Find

By Katie Surma

Peru Votes Against Creating New Indigenous Reserve in Amazon Region

By Nicholas Kusnetz