A new study published in Nature Communications has found that 17.31% of tropical tree cover—an area spanning 395.9 million ...

A UAE-coordinated law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has led to 94 arrests and the ...

The representatives of the other countries who addressed the conclave included Mr Alberto Guani, Ambassador of Uruguay, Mr ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of ...

Human Rights Watch has warned that Peru's Congress is seriously undermining the judicial system's ability to combat organized ...

How Peru’s Legislature is Allowing Organized Crime to Thrive,” details how recent legislative actions and decisions by ...

By Mongabay.com Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon are working to revive populations of the aguaje palm tree, commercially valued for its fruits, by shifting to more sustainable harvesting ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing ...

Yet deforestation there rose by 275% in 2024 (albeit from a low base) owing to wildfires and illegal gold mining. Against climate change, even the best intentions can be easily dashed.

A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

BOGOTA, Colombia — A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...