Amazon Conservation News Today

Data collected by an instrument on the International Space Station gives scientists insight into deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

Though Costa Rica wins praise for its commitment to healthy ecosystems, a look beneath the surface reveals struggles to keep faith with the nation’s conservation ideal.

The new giant snake species could be the “largest anaconda” on record. Click to read more. A new giant anaconda species, previously unknown to science, was just discovered by scientists along with indigenous people and a film crew shooting Will Smith's wildlife documentary entitled "Pole to Pole: With Will Smith" in the wilderness of the Amazon in South America.

Richard Evans Schultes braved malaria and worse to study Indigenous medicine. Now a new generation of scientists wants to finish his work.

In 2023, illegal gold mining activities devastated 784 hectares of jungle forests along the Punino River in Ecuador's Amazon, marking a stark escalation in environmental destruction within this vital ecosystem.

Brazil's Congress has approved BR-319, a bill that will allocate conservation funds for highway pavement to be placed through the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

From climate court battles to cutting methane, here are five big environmental wins in 2023 to give you hope.

The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. Spanning eight countries, it has been called the “lungs of the planet” for its vital service

The lower house of Brazils Congress passed a bill that allows the paving of highway BR319, which crosses the heart of the Amazon basin and which scientists and environmentalists claim threatens the future of the worlds largest tropical rainforest. The bill still has to be approved by the Senate.

This year, countries from the United States to Brazil abandoned maximalist aims of regime change in Venezuela.