The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most vital ecosystems on Earth but it's facing growing threats from deforestation, ...

In the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon, locals tap rubber and extract Brazil nuts from the rainforest ...

Many locals are cheering on the Brazilian government’s plans to rebuild a decrepit highway. Environmentalists are less keen ...

A lobby group for Brazilian grain trading and crushing firms has told farming state Mato Grosso that it and many of its members are quitting a nearly 20-year-old pact protecting the Amazon basin from ...

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area encompasses an area of Amazon Rainforest more than half the size of ...

Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually ...

Parrots represent one of the most interesting and colourful species of birds. The parrot family, scientifically classified ...

Beyond biodiversity, stingless bees play a stabilising role in ecosystems under pressure. By enabling plant reproduction, ...

Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon ...

A Peruvian scientist and her team are working together to make sure stingless bees are around for generations to come by ...

The decline of the forest, following extractive work, deforestation, tree cutting, agricultural expansion, illegal logging, ...

New Guinea is staggeringly rich in life. Occupying just 0.5% of Earth’s land surface, it hosts an estimated 5-8% of all ...