The Brazilian Amazon has systematically been deforested, dammed and developed by the federal government, river basin by river basin. The most recent to be so developed was the Xingu watershed. The ...

Andean Parliament declares State of Emergency for Amazon Basin: meet the activist who made it happen. Earlier this month the Amazon Basin netted a necessary win - the Andean Parliament declared a ...

Covering nearly three million square miles and home to indigenous people as well as millions of plants and animals, the Amazon River Basin is truly one of Earth’s most spectacular places. But that ...

A team of researchers from the U.S. and multiple countries in South America has found that hydroelectric dams built in the Amazon river basin, which were built to meet the growing electricity demands ...

Portions of the Amazon basin are experiencing a transition in energy and water cycles. Evidence suggests that the Amazon may also be transitioning from a net carbon sink to a net source. This research ...

In his years as a Jesuit priest, including 15 among the Awajún and Wampis people in Peru's northern Amazonas region, Fr. Fernando Roca has seen the gradual degradation of tropical ecosystems, as ...

Shallow wells dug for drinking water in the Amazon basin in order to avoid polluted rivers contain up to 70 times the recommended limit of arsenic, researchers warned Tuesday. Samples taken from 250 ...

The Amazon Basin is one of the most important natural regions on Earth. It plays a major role in supporting wildlife, regulating the climate, and providing freshwater. Do you know it extends over a ...

Intricately interconnected freshwater ecosystems cover vast areas of the Amazon basin, supporting biodiversity, maintaining water quality, regulating climate, and providing food and fiber. A new study ...

The Amazon is burning but recent NASA satellite images show large parts of central Africa are also on fire. Should there be equal outrage? There may be cause for concern long term but there are ...