Indigenous lands tenure in the nine Amazon basin countries and the resources related to them were among the issues discussed in depth on the third day of the Indigenous Amazonian Regional Summit that ...

With the announcement by the US of a new initiative to counter the illicit financing of environment crime in the Amazon, there are signs the issue is finally an international priority. US Treasury ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Around the world, migratory freshwater fish are in peril from activities including overfishing and, more recently, dams blocking their migratory ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In 2023, Amazon deforestation rates declined after years of record-breaking losses, thanks to efforts led by Brazil and Colombia. However, these ...

BRAZZAVILLE, REPUBLIC OF CONGO (October 31, 2023) — At the second Summit of the Three Basins, leaders, experts and scientists from the Amazon, Congo, and Southeast Asian forest basin countries ...

South America’s Amazon River Basin is currently undergoing a severe drought, with water levels in the river lower than they have been in the past 120 years. A boat travels through a section of the ...

Guyana is listed among several member countries of the Amazon Co-operation Treaty Organization that could face the consequences of the “most severe droughts facing the Amazon Basin in recent years.” ...

In recent years, all the Amazon Basin countries have experienced a dramatic decline in malaria incidence. The number of cases in the AMI participant countries dropped from 962,325 in 2000 to 668,687 ...

In the first decade of the 21st century, China’s rapid urbanization and investment-led growth model brought skyrocketing demand for raw commodities and an ensuing investment wave in Amazon basin ...