The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

A report says at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups remain worldwide and face growing threats from logging, mining, missionaries and organized crime

Brazilian chef Saulo Jennings failed to get the chance to cook for Prince William's Earthshot Prize in Rio after organisers demanded a 100% vegan menu. He called the restriction 'a lack of respect' for Amazonian food traditions and sustainability.

Last year, an area larger than India was lost to wildfires worldwide.

The vast tropical forest nations of Brazil and Indonesia are both home to millions of people, including Indigenous communities. They store enormous amounts of carbon to protect our climate and are home to staggering numbers of species found nowhere else in the world.

We’ve all seen the alarming images. Smoke belching from the thick forests of the Amazon. Spanish firefighters battling flames across farmland. Blackened celebrity homes in Los Angeles and smoked out regional towns in Australia.

Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis.

Milestone signals stark new reality for the planet – and raises the alarm about impending catastrophes