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>> reporter: the men who set the fires telling us they had to burn this part of the forest to create farmland in order to feed their families. but those trees are the linchpins of the amazon's biodiversity. i'm standing about 130 feet up in the canopy of an ironwood tree. now this is one of the keystone species of the entire amazon rain forest. and everything that you see in front of you right now is protected by the jungle keepers, but that is just a drop in the vast ocean of green that is the amazon. but rosolie says there is still hope. >> it's not too late. we're at the point now where we ...

Wastelands left by gold mining in the heart of the amazon. everything you see around me is part of what's called la pampa. until just a couple of years ago, all of this was virgin rainforest. but hundreds of gold miners were granted concessions here, turning this into a vast desert that goes on for mile after mile. we traveled here to survey these gold mines with paul rosolie, a conservationist who co-founded jungle keepers. what we saw was apocalyptic. we're in the heart of what should be the pristine amazon, and right over our shoulders is a sandstorm. that is just mind boggling. the western...

Brazil has been invaded by a horde of marauders who, in addition to gaining power, want to kill the Brazilian soul.

Last week, primatologist and conservation icon Jane Goodall interviewed Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler for her Hopecast podcast. Goodall and Butler talked about the importance of good storytelling in conveying information about the environment. “Facts can only go so far in persuading people,” Butler said. “You really need that combination of a strong […]

A first look at this year’s deforestation hotspots across the Amazon shows that Brazil, once again, has the grim distinction of being a leader in destruction. Massive areas of forest loss in Brazil cluster around major road networks, and many of these areas also burned this year. According to a recent report from Amazon Conservation’s […]