Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.

By Mark J. Plotkin Having studied the healing plants and peoples of tropical South America for well over four decades, I am ...

Startups are rushing in to monetize the COP30 host’s push to preserve the rainforest before it turns into a driver of climate ...

The Amazon forest is losing its role as a carbon sink. Satellites reveal what this means for climate action worldwide.

New data show resilience among the rainforest’s giants, though scientists warn that nutrient limits and rising heat could end ...

Efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change are constantly ramping up. Some of these efforts include conservation efforts of existing forests, for example, which can play a crucial role in the ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

Brazil’s climate conversation has a habit of returning to the same question: how can a country that depends so much on its ...

FRANKFURT/MAINZ/HELSINKI/LEIPZIG. Who hasn’t enjoyed the aromatic scent in the air when walking through the woods on a summer’s day? Partly responsible for this ...