Nature highlights the discovery of new species in the Amazon rainforest, showcasing its rich and diverse biodiversity.

Nature: New Species Showcase Amazon Rainforest's Rich Biodiversity

Ecuador announced Tuesday that it had converted part of its $1.5 billion of external debt into protection for the Amazon rainforest. Watch this report for more details!

Ecuador Secures $1.5 Bn Debt Swap To Fund Amazon Conservation

Plant life helps to slow climate change, however since intense drought in the Amazon rainforest and record wildfires in Canada hamper forests and other ecosystems

World's Forest unable to curb Carbon emission

Brazilian President Lula De Silva has urged his government to speed up actions to combat organised crimes in the Amazon. The world's largest tropical has faced systematic destruction from illegal logging and gold mining as the rainforest is being used as a conduit for drug trafficking.

Brazilian President Lula demands faster action against crimes in Amazon forest

Brazilian Amazon witnessed 3,000 forest fires in February, highest since 1999

After facing 5 years of intense deforestation in Brazil's Amazon forest what comes as good news is that the rate of deforestation in the Amazon fell by nearly 50% in 2023. According to Brazil's Environment Ministry this was the lowest deforestation rate they had recorded in the past decades.

Brazil wants to achieve zero deforestation

Three sisters in the dense Amazon forest in Brazil saved an entire indigenous tribe from extinction. Despite a traditio, these women have been leading a tribe in that area for more than a decade.

Indigenous women bring tribe back from brink of extinction

Experts have now warned the Brazilian Amazon could be in for a bad Burning Season despite a drop in deforestation. The accumulated destruction over the years and the arrival of El Nino could turn the Amazon into a Tinderbox. Looking out over the forest from an airplane a Greenpeace team spotted several fires in the area. The height of the annual burning season usually falls in August and September.

Environmentalists step up Amazon monitoring for the upcoming burning season

4 Colombian children survived a deadly plane crash and spent 40 days in the Amazon rainforest. The children lost their mother in the crash. A custody battle has now broken out among the relatives. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: How 4 children survived a plane crash

The world is celebrating miracle in the Amazon where four children survived 40 days in the Columbian Forest, cut off from human civilisation. This has been a remarkable story, following the rescue of the children. The father of the children has finally shared details of the ordeal.

Columbia Amazon miracle: Father of two survivors speak on ordeal

More details are unfolding in the story of four indigenous children aged 13, 9, 4, as well as a now 12-month-old baby who went missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest. These children survived in the wild and have been united with their relatives.

Happy ending for Colombia's missing children

‘Worst-ever’ data shows Feb deforestation in Amazon rainforest broke previous record by 62%

'Ate worms, drank urine': Man tells a tale of survival in Amazon forest for 31 days

Climate extremes in the Amazon rainforest are directly affecting those in the Tibetan Plateau, scientists said Thursday, warning that the Himalayan region crucial for the water security of millions was close to a potentially disastrous "tipping point".

WION Climate Tracker: Amazon heat drives Tibet temperatures

Norway announces it will once again back 'globally significant' fund to save Amazon forest

Will Brazil elections decide Amazon's fate? Presidential candidate Lula promises to conserve the Amazon. Amazon forests are at risk due to large-scale deforestation.

WION Climate Tracker: Brazil elections to decide Amazon's fate? Lula promises to conserve the Amazon

Three big central banks financing Brazil’s Amazon forest deforestation firms: Report

Alarming levels of mercury are found in old growth Amazon forest

Photo of indigenous man carrying father on his back to vaccine centre goes viral

A peace deal between the rebels and the government opens the door for illicit activities and land grabbing in the Amazon forest.

Amazon forest: A casualty of peace? Land grabbers make inroads as rebels retreat

A peace deal in Colombia has left the Amazon forest facing the impact. The Amazon was one of the strongholds of the rebels but as they retreated it ended up becoming a hub of illicit activities.

Peace pact in Colombia has boded ill for Amazon forest

In yet another bizarre claim Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro has said that the Amazon forest does not catch fire dismissing the attacks on the forest's depleting area. Bolsonaro made the comments while speaking at the 'invest in Brazil forum' in Dubai.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro  dismisses attacks on Amazon forest's depleting area

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Nature: New Species Showcase Amazon Rainforest's Rich Biodiversity

Nature: New Species Showcase Amazon Rainforest's Rich Biodiversity

Ecuador Secures $1.5 Bn Debt Swap To Fund Amazon Conservation

Ecuador Secures $1.5 Bn Debt Swap To Fund Amazon Conservation

World's Forest unable to curb Carbon emission

Brazilian President Lula demands faster action against crimes in Amazon forest

Brazilian Amazon witnessed 3,000 forest fires in February, highest since 1999

Brazil wants to achieve zero deforestation

Indigenous women bring tribe back from brink of extinction

Environmentalists step up Amazon monitoring for the upcoming burning season

Gravitas: How 4 children survived a plane crash

Columbia Amazon miracle: Father of two survivors speak on ordeal

Happy ending for Colombia's missing children

‘Worst-ever’ data shows Feb deforestation in Amazon rainforest broke previous record by 62%

'Ate worms, drank urine': Man tells a tale of survival in Amazon forest for 31 days

WION Climate Tracker: Amazon heat drives Tibet temperatures

Norway announces it will once again back 'globally significant' fund to save Amazon forest

WION Climate Tracker: Brazil elections to decide Amazon's fate? Lula promises to conserve the Amazon

Three big central banks financing Brazil’s Amazon forest deforestation firms: Report

Alarming levels of mercury are found in old growth Amazon forest

Photo of indigenous man carrying father on his back to vaccine centre goes viral

Amazon forest: A casualty of peace? Land grabbers make inroads as rebels retreat

Peace pact in Colombia has boded ill for Amazon forest

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro dismisses attacks on Amazon forest's depleting area