A new study finds 70% of Amazonian dung beetles were killed by the severe fire and droughts of 2015 to 2016. By spreading seeds and poop, dung beetles fertilize forests and aid regrowth of vegetation.
Tractors and chemicals have served food production well, but at a cost to healthy soil.
Pioneering chefs from Bolivia to Brazil are stepping out of the kitchen and into public service. The ‘social gastronomy’ movement uses food to create jobs, prevent violence and boost economies.
Indigenous communities were already suffering badly under Bolsonaro. Now, COVID-19 threatens their very survival.
The Bolsonaro government cannot simply allow Brazil’s out-of-control coronavirus pandemic to decimate its Indigenous population, Brazil’s Supreme Court says.
Brazil’s Amazon COP30 climate summit will test if a resource-based nation can lead on climate action. It’s a dilemma Australia also faces.
Indonesia’s haze made global headlines but an intense dry season has also sparked major fires in Brazil.
Brazil’s presidential handover will take place in January. Observers are hoping it will be peaceful.
Scientists behind a major new study explain how they discovered these forests are becoming less able to sequester carbon.
A combination of climate change, a strong El Niño and an insistence on works of enormous impact are contributing to an unprecedented and extremely urgent situation in the region
