Amazon rainforest

Scientists form panel in attempt to save Amazon rainforest

July 28, 2020 By Shanna Hanbury

A group of 150 leading scientific and economic experts on the Amazon basin has taken it upon themselves to launch an ambitious conservation project.

Profits roll in for “corporate vultures” while Amazon rainforest burns

September 13, 2019 By Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson And Negin Owliaei

The fires are no accident. They’re set by people turning a profit in a grocery store near you.

Bolsonaro: I’ll save Amazon rainforest by giving it to corporations

August 26, 2019 By Emile Schepers

Since taking office, Bolsonaro said from the outset he intends to open up areas reserved for Brazil’s 900,000 Amazonian indigenous communities to agricultural and mining interests.