the Amazon
Indigenous group detains 12 alleged gold miners in Amazon and hands them over to Brazilian police
World
SAO PAULO (AP) — An Indigenous group in Brazil said Wednesday its members detained 12 people for allegedly mining illegally in the ...
Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought
Science
By Jake Spring, Mircely Guanipa and Maria Ramirez SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according ...
Rains Are Scarce in the Amazon. Instead, Megafires Are Raging.
Science
RIO DE JANEIRO — By this time of the year, rain should be drenching large swaths of the Amazon rainforest. Instead, a ...
The Amazon’s crucial water cycle faces collapse, scientists say
Science
Wildfires, deforestation and global warming could permanently destroy the water cycle that sustains parts of the Amazon rainforest if action is not ...
Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds
Science
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of last year’s severe drought in the ...
Brazil lawmakers pass bill to pave a highway through Amazon rainforest
Politics
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The lower house of Brazil’s Congress has approved a bill to relax environmental licensing to pave a highway cutting ...
Amazon rainforest destruction slows sharply year to date, report says
Science
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Destruction across the Amazon rainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the ...
As rainforests worldwide disappear, burn and degrade, a summit to protect them opens in Brazzaville
Science
Leaders from countries with the largest tropical forest basins are meeting in the Republic of Congo on Thursday to work together to ...
