Brazil soy industry’s exit from moratorium on using Amazon land could spur deforestation

Brazil’s biggest soy producers have withdrawn from the soy moratorium, a pledge to avoid Amazon deforestation.

Small-scale rainforest clearing drives majority of carbon loss, study finds

Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through ...

Top soybean traders exit pact that protects Amazon rainforests

A group representing some of the world’s largest soybean traders is exiting a landmark deal created in Brazil to protect the ...
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The Amazon is becoming something Earth hasn’t seen in millions of years, scientists just gave it a new name

The Amazon is undergoing a radical transformation. New research suggests the rainforest is now entering a hypertropical state ...

We Stayed at a Luxe Rainforest Lodge in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Here’s What It Was Like.

Deep within Yasuní Biosphere Reserve in the Ecuadorian Amazon is a luxury sanctuary that offers a fully guided immersion into ...

Last living relative of the dodo spotted in remote rainforest, scientists see faint hope

After years of silence, Samoa’s elusive manumea has been sighted again in remote forests, offering fragile hope for the ...
Greek Reporter

Hundreds of Ancient Structures Found in Ecuador’s Rainforest

Archaeologists have identified hundreds of ancient structures hidden beneath the dense canopy of Ecuador's Andean Chocó ...
TreeHugger

Rainforest Alliance Has a New Certification Standard

In 2018 Rainforest Alliance merged with UTZ, another leading sustainability certification, to create a single, larger organization. Since then it has been working hard to produce an updated set of ...