The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” plays an essential role in our planet’s ecosystem. Its dense green canopy stretches across nine countries, providing a ...

Gold mining in the Amazon is devastating soil and water; combined with heat, water loss, and topsoil depletion, it's stalling ...

Mongabay is publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments ... the exploitation of the region’s natural resources. Institutional capacity ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural resources, both in terms of the resources it contains and its role in producing oxygen and cleaning the world's air. The forest stores up ...

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest and river system, and the most biologically diverse place on earth. It covers roughly 40% of South America, spanning Brazil, Bolivia, Peru ...

exploiting Brazil's natural resources, particularly sugar, gold, and coffee, with the labor of slaves—primarily transported from Africa. The Amazon rainforest is seen from a plane flying from ...

It winds through pristine jungle deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon. And the fuel that powers ... "Mining, logging and extraction of natural resources like oil require the building of roads, which ...

Sponsor Message Taking back the Amazon from bad-faith dealers and resource pirates who profit by putting rainforest inhabitants in jeopardy is crucial to restore Brazil's tarnished sovereignty and ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over ... area to release these animals back into the wild, the natural environment of these species," she told the BBC.

The map locates the Amazon rainforest, which includes Roraima ... from Brazil’s Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources combating fires on Yanomami Indigenous land this month ...