Brazilian Amazon states are leading an offensive against environmental regulations in the Amazon and beyond. The movement gained momentum in October when Brazil’s granary, Mato Grosso state, approved ...

The renewed focus on Amazon reflects a wider shift in how shoppers, workers and policymakers view the power of global retail ...

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Alexis Damancio Silva can't forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme drought nearly dried up the Amazon River. Pink dolphins ...

When administrative and regulatory actions prove insufficient, civil and penal law provide mechanisms for addressing environmental damage through the judicial system. In Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, ...

An environmental activist campaigning against the destruction of the Amazon was shot and killed in the Peruvian jungle, local authorities said Sunday. Hipolito Quispehuaman was killed Saturday night ...

The open letter, released by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, marks one of the strongest internal pushbacks against the company’s AI strategy, warning that deploying energy-intensive systems in ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Assets worth over $64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin. The ...

IU anthropology professor Eduardo Brondízio, 61, has dedicated more than half his life studying human-environmental interactions and social-environmental change in the Amazon. His work has shaped ...

The Amazon is one of the most dangerous regions in South America, especially for journalists reporting on topics such as illegal activities like land grabbing, mining and drug trafficking.

PUERTO ASIS, Colombia — Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia’s Putumayo River — a home she hasn't slept in for more than eight years. The longtime environmental ...

The Amazon River basin is larger than any other on the planet, covering an expanse of over six million square kilometres and is home to a vast abundance and variety of freshwater fish species. 1 While ...