The Amazon Soy Moratorium, a sectoral agreement which protects the Brazilian Amazon from deforestation, is under threat.

Oil palm is a crop whose derivatives have multiple uses, resulting in staggering global demand. Because of this, Peru’s Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI in Spanish) has ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin.

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

From Lucas do Rio Verde, a major agricultural hub in the state of Mato Grosso, the railway would be built from scratch, advancing into the Amazon’s Arc of Deforestation.

Peru’s forests have long faced a growing threat of deforestation. In recent months, environmental groups have spoken out ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin. They say that ...

I went on the river for money, I sold my rotten shack / For a rusty tanker leaking oil, and the burning sun was on my back / ...