The Amazonian state of Para was the worst affected, with a 229 percent increase in fires from last year... READ MORE›
READ MORE Brazil court suspends mining on Amazon reserve Instead of combatting illegal mining, the government wants to legalise it... READ MORE›
Brazilian president has dissolved Renca to attract investment in region thought to contain gold with critics warning of irreversible damage... READ MORE›
According to parliamentary watchdog group Congresso em Foco, the agriculture caucus holds 230 seats in Brazil's 513-seat lower house and 24 in the 81-member Senate... READ MORE›
Annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon jumped by 29 percent to 8,000 sq km in 2016, although it remains well below the 19,000 sq km seen in 2005... READ MORE›
The study said that wilderness was being loss faster than pristine places were being designated as protected areas, at 3.3m sq km versus 2.5m sq km... READ MORE›
Koenig, whose group works with indigenous peoples to protect the Amazon... READ MORE›
While logging in the Mats's Indigenous Reserve is indeed controversial and the Amazon rainforest is shrinking, the Rainforest Protection Coalition does not exist... READ MORE›
For the first time in history, carbon dioxide absorption by the Amazon rainforest has been surpassed by fossil fuel emissions in Latin America, the study found... READ MORE›
The rainforests hold the key to taming el ni o's destruction... READ MORE›
Macap Journal Theres No Law on the Amazon River Pirates Terrorize Ships by Night... READ MORE›
The monkeys only live in a small part of the Amazon basin in Peru and Brazil... READ MORE›
The porcupine was extracted from the snake's stomach It had fallen off the rocky ledge... READ MORE›
Rosolie has faced criticism from animal rights campaigners over the snake's welfare but he insisted that it is alive and well ... READ MORE›
Peru, the largest gold producer in Latin America and the sixth largest in the world, has long struggled with illegal gold mining... READ MORE›
So far, 17 countries, not including the UK, have banned wild animals in circuses... READ MORE›
As indigenous leaders in states such as Amazonas have defected to Venezuela's opposition, the strains with the government have worsened... READ MORE›
Essentially, they considered the entire Earth wilderness asked the question how much human encroachment is there?... READ MORE›
If the dams are built, tropical freshwater biodiversity, which is at its most diverse in the three river basins, could be devastated, say the authors... READ MORE›
Strel's scariest encounter was with a stingray, which bit his son while they were swimming in the Amazon river... READ MORE›
IBAMA, on the other hand, has under 2,000 agents tasked with monitoring the entire Brazilian Amazon, estimated at about 3.3 million square kilometers 1.3 million square miles ... READ MORE›
A village of indigenous Yanomami is seen during Brazil's environmental agency operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land in Roraima state on April 18, 2016... READ MORE›
Read More Piranhas are native to South America and are found along The Amazon River... READ MORE›
Amazon rainforest was home to millions of people before European arrival, says study... READ MORE›
The group being held in Mayuriaga includes three Petroperu officials, four with OEFA and a specialist with the energy and mines ministry, said Velasquez... READ MORE›
Last week, working with Greenpeace, a delegation visited Siemens UK offices near Guildford after a five-day journey from Brazil... READ MORE›
Pygmy marmosets are all the rage among China's wealthy elite, who are forgoing legality and snapping up baby monkeys at around 4,500 ?3,200 each... READ MORE›
Over 100 prisoners are on the loose and 56 have died after two rival drugs gangs ran riot in a Brazilian prison... READ MORE›
And at 3,000 kilometers wide, the Amazon is the greatest of all rainforests, known to many as the lungs of the world... READ MORE›
TILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Scientists have long known ospreys make an epic journey each summer from New England to South America... READ MORE›
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