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Uncontacted Amazon tribe enters another village: ‘They are in danger’

Members of Peru’s Mashco Piro tribe are believed to be under severe stress

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025

California lawmakers seek to curb oil imports from Amazon

The California Senate has unanimously approved a resolution to review and eventually end the state’s imports of crude oil from the Amazon rainforest

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025

Daily life on a remote Amazon island goes on despite diplomatic dispute

Salvador Mitidieri ferries students across the Amazon River in Brazil to a primary school in Santa Rosa

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025

Residents of a remote island disputed by Colombia hope their Peruvian government won't forget them

The remote Amazon island of Santa Rosa is at the center of a territorial dispute between Peru and Colombia

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025

Indigenous leaders demand action from South American leaders at Amazon summit

Indigenous leaders from the Amazon are urging South American presidents to turn promises into action at a summit in Bogota

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025

Cop30: the accommodation crisis plaguing Brazil’s upcoming UN climate summit

Cop30, the UN climate summit scheduled to take place this November in the Brazilian city of Belém, is embroiled in a controversy that has nothing to do with solving the planet’s environmental problems. Currently occupying debate about the conference is what Brazil’s press is calling the “hosting crisis”.

The Conversation · Aug 18, 2025

Amazon rainforest is approaching 'tipping points' that could transform it into a drier savanna

Researchers caution that the Amazon rainforest could disappear in the next hundred years, due to the combined effects of climate change and deforestation, and a new model predicts how that could transpire.

LiveScience · Aug 12, 2025

What are the largest rainforests in the world?

Rainforests are home to half of the world's plant and animal species. Here are the five largest rainforests in the world.

LiveScience · Aug 7, 2025

Colombia accuses Peru of fully annexing a disputed island in the Amazon river

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has stirred up a decades-old border controversy with Peru by accusing it of fully annexing an Amazon river island that has been administered by Peru for decades, but whose legal status is in dispute

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025

In Ecuador, environmentalists worry Noboa is unwinding nation's green reputation

Recent moves in Ecuador have environmental interests concerned that the South American nation is unwinding some of the basis for its green reputation

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2025