Indigenous and riverine communities in the Loreto region of the Peruvian Amazon have "chronic exposure" to mercury, according to a new study — and experts say the biggest culprit is gold mining in the ...

Discovery of illegal palm crops comes as Grupo BBF grapples with financial problems sparked by warnings over its human rights record ...

While a billionaire family tears itself apart in Malaysian courts, the system that made their fortune grinds on—Borneo's ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, forests aren’t bouncing back after gold mining—not just because the soil is damaged, but because the ...

Gold mining is literally sucking the Amazon rainforest dry, creating an environment where trees cannot grow ... To gauge the magnitude of this problem, the team found that between 1980 and 2017, small ...

Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host COP30. President Joe Biden made a historic visit to the Amazon on Sunday and made a ...

The Amazon rainforest is often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth” because it plays a significant role in regulating the planet’s climate and weather. However, lately, Amazon has been losing trees ...

But Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world. About 3.9 million hectares of African forest – the size of about ...

The world’s remaining great primary forests, including those in Borneo, the Amazon and the Congo basin, are still threatened by deforestation. This harmful practice often has colonial origins.

With wildfires reaching new and disastrous heights, we need an end to global pledges – and more opportunities for people to make a living by protecting valuable ecosystems, writes Chris Wright ...

An Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued The New York Times for a report that led its members being widely portrayed as technology-addled and addicted to pornography. The Marubo tribe of ...