Made from the sap of the shiringa tree, the biomaterial combats land-grabbing for deforestation, supports communities that ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 7% in 2024 compared to 2023, according to an analysis by Imazon, a Brazil-based organization that uses satellite imagery to monitor changes in the ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as forests vanish, sightings are on the rise—offering a glimpse into how folklore is ...

Protecting the Amazon is urgent, as deforestation and wildfires are growing threats. Around 72,000 fires have been spotted in the Amazon Basin, mostly caused by humans. This highlights the need ...

Circular Bioeconomy Alliance launched by King Charles to help address deforestation Agroforestry ... Body of Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), said: “We’re looking at ...

“Decreasing deforestation will reduce ... In the coming months, the northern part of the Amazon, including Venezuela, Colombia and the Negro River Basin in Brazil, may experience an increase ...

One of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon is industrial farming. Setting fire to the forest is one of the main ways humans get rid of trees. Burning trees also makes the forest ...

The idea that the pre-Columbian Amazon was pristine has taken a nose-dive in recent years. Scientists have found several ...

Researchers from the German Max Planck Institutes of Geoanthropology and Biology Tübingen use genomic data to study the decline in genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin, particularly in Brazil Nut ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires were set to more easily clear land to run cattle. The Amazon is twice the size of India and sprawls across ...

French banking groups Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas and BPCE have been discreetly investing in the oil and gas industry accused of polluting the Amazon basin – despite their ecological pledges.

Recent data tell us that tropical Africa has lost about 22 per cent of its forested a.   rea since 1900, which is comparable to the losses in the Amazon.