A Brazilian project is keeping primates safe by providing canopy bridges in the Amazon.
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Rainfall triggers bursts of natural nanoparticles, which contribute to cloud formation and additional precipitation over the Amazon rainforest. During the wet season in the Amazon rainforest, heavy afternoon rainfall is common. The formation of clouds and precipitation depends on tiny airborne pa
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The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
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The Plight of the Pink River Dolphin is a short documentary that investigates the The Plight of the Pink River Dolphin explores the illegal exploitation of endangered pink river dolphins in the Amazon, driven by myths about their magical properties.
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Teach rainforest ecosystems, habitats and food webs with this downloadable paper model from Origami Organelles"
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How can a student’s future be impacted when a scientist passionate about education steps into the classroom? Stefan Moss, an environmental scientist and educator, joins host Gerry Ellis to discuss how he transforms complex science principles into engaging, hands-on learning experiences, fostering both hope and awe in young learners.
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Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards...
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Abra and Reconecta won the 2024 Whitley Award for Nature in honor of her work protecting the region's primates.
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Two scientists from South America won the 2025 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement on Feb. 11 for their work on the often-overlooked connection between human societies and the natural world. The winners, Argentinian ecologist Sandra Díaz and Brazilian anthropologist Eduardo Brondízio, will share a $250,000 award, marking the first time individuals from South America have […]
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Aquaculture expansion in the Amazon could improve nutrition and environmental outcomes, but it also poses risks, according to research in Nature Sustainability.
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The Amazon is renowned for its cultural diversity, particularly the ethnic diversity of its Indigenous nations, but also the cultural traditions of numerous other distinctive groups that have migrated into the Amazon over five centuries. The region’s demographic history reflects that of its constituent nations, all of which are an amalgam of Indigenous people who […]
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Three Indigenous communities in Peru’s Amazon are no longer engaging in unsustainable or illegal forest activities to make ends meet as they complete one year of a conservation basic income (CBI) pilot project, according to an internal assessment. The ‘no strings attached’ direct cash transfers is one of the world’s first pilot projects directed at […]
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“They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a small Indigenous group that had just contacted non-Indigenous society in the depths of the Brazilian Amazon. “We don’t know their language yet, but we communicate all the time. We share food, we fish for them, and […]
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James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to extensive deforestation across the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin, and New Guinea. Findings demonstrate that first-cut roads, initially constructed in undisturbed forests, lead to a proliferation of secondary roads, significantly increasing access to remote areas and accelerating forest degradation.
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What happens when a team of scientists and local Awajún guides go on a 38-day trip into the Alto Mayo region of Peru? Over 2000 species are identified, of course! Tucked in this lush landscape where the Amazon basin meets the Andes mountains, were 27 species of animals previously unknown to science.
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The Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA) is the world’s first regional high-level science initiative dedicated to the Amazon. Officially launched in July 2020 and comprising over 300 scientists, the SPA integrates Indigenous and local knowledge with Western science to develop evidence-based solutions
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"Our collaboration with these incredible partners makes our work possible and amplifies our impact. We select our partners based on their alignment with our core values. Together we are furthering Amazon Conservation Through Education."
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In part 1 of this series (MAAP #215), we introduced a critical new dataset (Planet’s Forest Carbon Diligence) with wall-to-wall estimates for aboveground carbon at an unprecedented 30-meter resolution between 2013 and 2022. This data uniquely merges machine learning, satellite imagery, airborne lasers, and a global biomass dataset from GEDI, a NASA mission. In part […]
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A wide range of sustainability, health and environmental programs in the Amazon Rainforest are at stake after the U.S. government announced a 90-day pause on all foreign aid funding, including from USAID, during President Donald Trump’s first day in office. The move prompted consternation among scientists and conservationists, who told Mongabay they were concerned about […]
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Carlos Nobre & Marielos Peña-Claros warn that the world's largest rainforest is reaching a tipping point, beyond which it will largely disappear.
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"I Am the Nature" poetically plumbs the human interconnection with nature through the eyes of the Indigenous Achuar people.
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Made from the sap of the shiringa tree, the biomaterial combats land-grabbing for deforestation, supports communities that are in poverty and "actively" provides a solution for the fashion industry's problems.
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The rivers in this region of northwestern Peru are running dry as the Amazon Basin experiences its most severe drought in decades.
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