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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has made saving the Amazon rainforest – now a key condition for a trade deal between the EU and South America's Mercosur bloc – a priority for his government. A year after Lula came to power, his gamble has paid off: deforestation has…

A Peruvian court on Thursday imposed near three-decade sentences on five men who were being retried for the murders of four Indigenous Amazon land defenders who had crossed swords with illegal loggers.

Country had previously turned the tide on deforestation but armed rebels have revoked ban

Two fugitives eluded law enforcement for 51 days, indicating a widening network for crime factions CV and PCC

Colombia's deforestation went down by 29% in 2022, as per the most recent data available.

Advocates fear situation could escalate in Javari valley, a region plagued by violence and poor healthcare

Guyana's president went viral for lecturing a journalist about the complexities of drilling for oil.

The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite uplifting progress in the Amazon, the picture elsewhere is less rosy, researchers said on Thursday.

Illegal gold mining has ravaged the Peruvian Amazon, leaving behind pollution and denuded landscapes. A group of miners are working with a U.S. charity to restore the forest.

Venezuela faces unprecedented wildfires due to drought and climate change, highlighting the urgent need for global climate action.