deforestation

A Crisis at the Heart of the Amazon When world leaders meet at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, they’ll face a growing reality:…

Environmental change only scratches the surface of the damage destroying the Peruvian Amazon. Indigenous peoples living in river floodplains face constant risk…

The Amazon Rainforest: Beauty, Destruction, and the Fight for Human Rights Often called the “lungs of our planet,” the Amazon rainforest generates…

Uniting for a Sustainable Future and Ending Human Exploitation Every year on April 22, Earth Day serves as a powerful reminder of…

Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has evolved into a critical crisis, intertwining organized crime, environmental destruction, and threats to Indigenous communities. Backed by powerful criminal syndicates like Brazil’s Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), these operations devastate biodiversity, fuel deforestation, and poison ecosystems with mercury. This article unravels the urgent need for global action to combat this multifaceted threat to one of the world’s most vital ecological regions.

She is a defender of the forests in the Amazon against deforestation and illegal logging to extract latex from of Shiringa trees.…