Environment

Wendy Schmidt, co-founder of a constellation of philanthropic initiatives, uses “systems thinking” to address ecological, social, and economic issues. She leverages her background as...

Plans for “reconstructing” Brazil’s formerly abandoned BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) highway would facilitate access to vast areas of Amazon forest from the AMACRO deforestation hotspot...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped to its lowest level since March 2018, according to new data from the Brazilian government.Deforestation for the year...

Scientists at ETH Zurich launched a global project to gather biodiversity data from 500 lakes around the world.As part of LeDNA, citizen scientists from...

Nepali researchers face significant challenges in conducting genetic studies due to lack of legislation to allow the export of biological samples, which hinders the...

A new study shows large fruit-eating birds in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest can contribute to a 38% increase in carbon storage by regenerating tropical forest.Species...

Amazon Conservation’s Monitoring of the Amazon Project (MAAP) analyzed the environmental and economic impact of three local communities in the Madre Dios region of...

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration has removed thousands of cattle from illegal areas in the Amazon, but the task is far from...

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a shocking 99% of the global population is affected by unhealthy air. Added to that, research also...

Muñoa’s Pampas cat, a small wild feline, is endemic to the Pampas grasslands that sprawl over southern Brazil, Uruguay and northeastern Argentina.With fewer than...

A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) shows how cattle raised illegally in the Apyterewa Indigenous Territory in Brazil were laundered into...

In the global amphibian crisis, salamander numbers across the species have dropped too, with around 60% of salamander species threatened with extinction. Researchers and...