Brazil is touting what could be a radical new solution to tackle deforestation, flipping the economics in favour of ...

Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including ...

It’s a toxic combination that is enriching criminal gangs and corrupt officials across the region, as the price of gold touches new highs on world markets.

How do you police the world's biggest tropical rainforest? Faced with deadly violence, indigenous people have set up their ...

Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate talks did little to counteract papal criticism that "failing" political will is ...

A global mercury summit in Geneva has faced criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to act on mercury ...

A short boat ride from Cop30 lies the home of Seu Ladi, who tells Nick Ferris how deforestation and climate change has ...

Just a stone’s throw from the venue for COP30, large swaths of the rainforest continue to be destroyed for farms and mines ...

Illegal gold mining is rapidly overtaking cocaine as the most profitable criminal enterprise in South America, reshaping Peru's Amazon into a violent, unpoliced frontier. As global gold prices soar, ...

Having studied the healing plants and peoples of tropical South America for well over four decades, I am often asked, “What ...

When Daniel Romero worked at a river mine in Canaima National Park, in southeastern Venezuela, he would wait until the sun had slipped behind the ancient sandstone tepuis before heading to the raft.

The world is losing vast swaths of forests to agriculture, logging, mining and fires every year—more than 20 million acres in 2024 alone, roughly the size of South Carolina.