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The transmission potential of Zika or dengue in Brazil may increase by 10% to 20% in the next 30 years due to warming temperatures linked to climate change, according to University of Michigan researchers.

Today, Mongabay launches a digital version of the book, A Perfect Storm in the Amazon, by Timothy J. Killeen, an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the taxonomy of the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years. In 2023, Mongabay will publish it in short installments, […]

A Brazilian non-profit has created a new model for land ownership that welcomes both local...

A recent study by the Amazonian Scientific Research Institute Sinchi in Colombia built several possible scenarios for the future of the Colombian Amazon by 2040. Experts who collected information during 18 years via the Colombian Amazon Land Cover Change Monitoring System (SIMCOBA) indicate that without implementing policies to control deforestation and other activities that harm […]

Through petitions, we can reach those in power and demand justice for others. They are valuable tools for making positive changes in the world.

Laudato Si’ week has just begun, and a great way to remind ourselves of the key message of the first encyclical to focus entirely on care of Creation is to view the documentary film, The Letter.

Three men have separately been charged with carrying out the double homicide.

Clues suggest 4 children may have survived a plane crash in the Amazon jungle in Colombia as armed forces officials race to find them.

Elon Musk may claim to hate them, but can Twitter bots be put to good use? A new tool that aims to monitor and expose deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest might be showing the way. Brazil Big Beef Watch is an automated Twitter account that alerts the public to deforestation linked to the indirect supply […]