Conservation efforts in South America are overly focused on the Amazon rainforest, neglecting other critical ecosystems such ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to store large amounts of carbon and its influence on the global water cycle.

Andrew Miller is advocacy director at Amazon Watch. "There are many threats against biodiversity in the Amazon. The extension, the expansion of the agricultural frontier, deforestation that's ...

Rainforest protection is not only good for biodiversity and the climate—it also noticeably improves the health of humans who ...

President Joe Biden has become the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest, marking a significant ...

In the Amazon rainforest, threats to biodiversity include the expansion of the agricultural frontier and road networks, deforestation, forest fires and drought, says Andrew Miller, advocacy ...

Credit: AP/Fernando Vergara In the Amazon rainforest, threats to biodiversity include the expansion of the agricultural frontier and road networks, deforestation, forest fires and drought ...