Indigenous Amazon groups urge the UN to curb organized crime, not militarize territories

Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a letter to the United Nations warning that ...

Amazon rainforest may hit tipping point at 1.9°C global warming: Study

The study said that without additional deforestation, such large-scale drying of the Amazon would likely occur only at much ...
KITV

‘Fruits, seeds and water’ were pivotal in keeping four children alive in the Amazon rainforest

Muñoz told CNN the seeds were from a native Amazon palm tree called Oenocarpus Bataua, colloquially known as “milpesos” in Colombia. Its fruits are rich in fat and Amazon tribes use them to make a ...
PBS

A wildfire in Hawaii has burned native rainforest on Oahu, raising ecological concerns

HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island ...
CNN

‘Guardians of the forest’: How art made from the ashes of Amazon Rainforest fires is helping Indigenous communities

EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...
Mongabay

As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water

The 2024 extreme and historical drought that hit the Amazon exposed a chronic problem: access to drinking water and sanitation in Indigenous lands, where only a third of households have proper water ...
PBS

4 Indigenous children found alive 40 days after plane crash in Amazon rainforest

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Four Indigenous children who disappeared 40 days ago after surviving a small plane crash in the Amazon jungle were found alive Friday, Colombian authorities announced, ending ...
Reuters

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest for July surge to highest in two decades

SAO PAULO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to a record high for the month of July in almost two decades, government data showed on Thursday, amid a ...