Indigenous communities in Ecuador are taking on the government to protect the Amazon forest. Watch this report for more!

Indigenous communities in Ecuador sue government, fight to save Amazon forest

As the government allows the amazon to turn into the wild west, indigenous groups are taking matters into their own hands. WION tells you how indigenous people are protecting the world's largest rainforest.

Brazil's indigenous group battle against logging & mining in Amazon forest

The illegal gold mining business is booming in Brazil, with miners pinning their hopes on a bill. More than 5000 illegal gold mines are operating in the Amazon forest which results in polluting the Amazon River.

Illegal gold mining thrives in Amazon, miners attack indigenous people

Brazil must demonstrate it can reduce the ongoing deforestation in the Amazon before Norway will resume payments in support of preserving the world`s largest rainforest, the Norwegian environment minister told Reuters.

Brazil must show Amazon protection is working, top donor Norway says

Brazil's top court has ordered an investigation into how tracts of stolen land in the Amazon rainforest inhabited by indigenous tribes came to be put up for sale on Facebook.

Brazil's top court orders probe into Facebook sale of Amazon land

The machete-wielding scientists ventured into the Amazon, hacking through dense jungle as the mid-morning temperature soared past 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 C). Soaked in sweat, the small group of men and women sawed and tore trees limb from limb. They drilled into the soil and sprayed paint across tree trunks. This is vandalism in the name of science - part of an effort to measure more precisely how much greenhouse gas is absorbed by different types of forests in the Amazon basin.

Wielding machetes and calipers, sweat-soaked scientists count carbon in Amazon

The Amazon rainforest, which produces about 20 per cent of the Earth's atmosphere's oxygen, will collapse and largely become a dry, shrubby plain in next 45 years.

Amazon rainforest will vanish by 2064, new study predicts

Researchers have found thousands of rock art pictures that show gigantic Ice Age creatures like mastodons, among others. These artworks in Amazon rainforest in Colombia were probably made about 11,800 to 12,600 years ago, according to a press release from researchers at the Britain's University of Exeter.

Amazing 8-mile-long art work of ice age beasts found in Amazon rainforest

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has faced mounting criticism over inaction in the Amazon rainforest, where illegal felling of trees has increased recently, especially during the pandemic.

Brazil will track illegal Amazon wood exports using isotopes: Bolsonaro at BRICS summit

The National Institute of Space Research (INPE) said satellite imagery showed an increase of 61% in the number of fires in September, compared to the same period last year in Brazil's Amazon forest.

Amazon suffers worst fire in decades | The entire Amazon spade 9 countries

Fires spike in Brazil's Amazon, claim scientists; fire increased 61% in Sept

Brazil is home to the world's largest rainforest- The Amazon. It is also home to the World's largest tropical wetland- The Pantanal. Both are on fire. But Brazil's President Bolsonaro wants credit for preserving the environment. WION's Palki Sharma has a report.

Gravitas: As Amazon forest burns, Bolsonaro wants credit for 'saving environment'

Brazil is a home to the Amazon & Pantanal, both are on fire. But Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro wants credit for preserving the environment.

Bolsonaro lauds himself for 'preserving environment' amid wildfires continues across Brazil

Brazil's environment minister challenged Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio Thursday to "put your money where your mouth is," after the actor and environmentalist criticized far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's policies on the Amazon rainforest.

Controversial Brazil environment minister taunts DiCaprio

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao challenged actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio Wednesday to an eight-hour hike in the Amazon, saying he wanted to show the Hollywood star the rainforest is not actually burning.

Brazil vice-president challenges actor Leonardo Dicaprio to a hike in Amazon

Flames are ravaging Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, approaching the region's main highway and threatening endangered species amid a near-record number of fires.

Brazil fires threaten world's largest wetland

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday called the fires in Amazon rainforest a “lie” while vehemently denying the existence of any fire in the region. This stands in stark opposition to the data divulged by his own government, which show thousands of fires in the region.

While Amazon records 10,000 fires in the first 10 days of August, Brazilian President Bolsonaro terms it a 'lie'

Indigenous groups from nine countries in the Amazon basin called on Wednesday (May 6) for donations to help protect 3 million rainforest inhabitants who are vulnerable to the spread of the novel coronavirus because they lack adequate access to healthcare.

Amazon indigenous groups launch international fund to fight coronavirus

Climate summit host Spain criticised some nations' "silent complicity" with the global environmental crisis and said the upcoming UN meeting must not be treated as a "trade fair.

Summit host Spain chides 'silent complicity' in climate crisis

Deforestation in the Amazon soars to record numbers in 11 years

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp rise under the leadership of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high in 2019

From Amazon to Indonesia to Malaysia to Singapore to Thailand - it's one story. It's a climate emergency. And the rally to tackle climate change must be global and concerted because the effects are global.

WION Edit: Global warming threat continues to grow

A Human Rights Watch report on Tuesday (September 17) found that more than 300 people have been killed over the past decade in conflicts over the use of land and resources in the Amazon, many by organised criminal networks profiting from illegal deforestation.

Hundreds killed in Brazil's Amazon over land, resources in past decade -report

The chief of an indigenous tribe in the heart of the world's largest rainforest - the Amazon - said on Monday (September 09) illegal loggers were causing damage to a protected area.

'They're taking all the riches from indigenous lands' - illegal loggers spoil pristine Amazon forest

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