Despite a rapidly changing environment and other threats, these Indigenous women are still fighting for their communities.

Smoke rises from a fire near a logging area in the Transamazonica highway region, in the municipality of Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File) BRASILIA, Brazil ...

PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Brazilian environmental agents seized the equivalent of more than 5,000 truckloads of timber in an operation targeting one of the most heavily logged regions of the Amazon ...

A Sustainable Forest Management Plan (SFMP) is essential for companies logging in the Amazon to promote the appropriate use of forest resources. However, some plans can be used to hide environmental ...

Police launched raids across Brazil on Thursday targeting environmental protection officials and companies allegedly involved in illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. The raids coincided with a ...

As a result, deforestation linked to garimpos, small-scale gold miners (often illegal), in the Amazon plummeted by 30% in 2023 compared to 2022. In June, the Brazilian Federal Police targeted a group ...

WWF and Friends of the Earth Amazonia, today announced a new member of the Global Forest and Trade Network, which will help stop illegal logging in the Amazon. London, UK - WWF, the conservation ...

An analysis of two carbon credit projects in the Brazilian Amazon has found that they may be connected to illegal timber laundering. Prior to the analysis, forest management plans had already been ...

The Dirty Supply Chain of Clean Energy: From Amazon Forest Crimes in Ecuador to Wind Turbines in the U.S. and China There is an urgent need for real due diligence, greater transparency and ...