Study Documents a Halt to Deforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest After Indigenous Communities Gain Title to Their Territories Land rights granted by the government make a difference, allowing forests to slowly begin healing, researchers find. By Katie Surma
In the Amazon, Indigenous and Locally Controlled Land Stores Carbon, but the Rest of the Rainforest Emits Greenhouse Gases By Bob Berwyn, Katie Surma
Lawyers Press International Court to Investigate a ‘Network’ Committing Crimes Against Humanity in Brazil’s Amazon By Katie Surma
In Brazil, the World’s Largest Tropical Wetland Has Been Overwhelmed With Unprecedented Fires and Clouds of Propaganda By Jill Langlois
Indigenous Land Rights Are Critical to Realizing Goals of the Paris Climate Accord, a New Study Finds By Katie Surma
Backed by International Investors, Mining Companies Line Up to Expand in or Near the Amazon’s Indigenous Territories By Katie Surma
The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless Assault By Georgina Gustin
COP26 Presented Forests as a Climate Solution, But May Not Be Able to Keep Them Standing By Bob Berwyn
In the Amazon, the World’s Largest Reservoir of Biodiversity, Two-Thirds of Species Have Lost Habitat to Fire and Deforestation By Georgina Gustin
Are Bolsonaro’s Attacks on the Amazon and Indigenous Tribes International Crimes? A Third Court Plea Says They Are By Katie Surma
Indigenous Leaders and Human Rights Groups in Brazil Want Bolsonaro Prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity By Katie Surma
Trees Fell Faster in the Years Since Companies and Governments Promised to Stop Cutting Them Down By Georgina Gustin
As Nations Gather for Biden’s Virtual Climate Summit, Ambitious Pledges That Still Fall Short of Paris Goal By Marianne Lavelle, Georgina Gustin, Nicholas Kusnetz