Amazon Rainforest

How disease and mining have ravaged Brazil's Yanomami

Severe malnutrition and disease, particularly malaria, are decimating the Yanomami population in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, prompting the federal government to declare a public health emergency

Brazil: Amazon rainforest records 18% rise in forest fires during August 2022

The Brazilian INPE space agency said its satellites had recorded 33,116 fires in the rainforest, a key buffer against global warming, in August 2022, compared to 28,060 in the same month in 2021

'World's loneliest man' found dead in Brazil: Who was he?

The last remaining member of an indigenous group in Brazil has died. The man, who had lived in total isolation for the past 26 years, was known as Man of the Hole because he dug deep holes. He used some of these to trap animals and others to hide

Explained: Why Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is miffed with Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio has been urging first-time voters in Brazil to register to vote in the October presidential election that is expected to pit Jair Bolsonaro against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Leftist Workers' Party

World Rainforest Day 2021: Learn about world’s top 10 rainforests, and their key highlights

On World Rainforest Day observed globally on 22 June, let us take a look at the top 10 rainforests of the world, and their flora and fauna

Five satellite images that show how fast and drastically the Earth is changing

Satellite data is useful to provide global observations of key components of the climate system and biosphere that are essential for our understanding of how the planet is changing.

Asteroid that killed dinosaurs changed tropics into Amazon forests: Study

Before the asteroid strike, the plants were spaced out, light could reach the floor and there were no legume trees,

All that glitters: Golden rivers in Peruvian Amazon dazzles but mining harms the community, environment

Peru is a major contributor of gold, being the sixth largest producer of the precious element in the world.

Bolsonaro's policies lead to 12 year high of deforestation rates in the Amazon rainforest

11,088 sq km of the forest was destroyed in Brazil in 12 months, according to PRODES monitoring program, which analyzes satellite images to track deforestation.

Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin invests in Forest Green Rovers football club

Bellerin, who recently raised money to plant 60,000 trees in the Amazon rainforest, will work with chairman Dale Vince to help promote environmental issues among clubs, leagues and supporters.