Amazon Rainforest
About Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, covering much of northwestern Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru and other South American countries, is the world's largest tropical rainforest, famed for its biodiversity. It's crisscrossed by thousands of rivers, including the powerful Amazon. River towns, with 19th-century architecture from rubber-boom days, include Brazil's Manaus and Belém and Peru's Iquitos and Puerto Maldonado.
Bolivia wildfires: Locals care for animals affected by blazes
... President Luis Arce has called on South America s international community to provide aid to Bolivia - where a chunk of the Amazon Rainforest sits...
Mangrove forests: Steely gaze of young tigress wins photo awards
... Mangroves are an important protection against climate change, with one acre (4,000sq m) of mangrove forest absorbing nearly the same amount of carbon dioxide as an acre of Amazon Rainforest...
Amazon rainforest: Deforestation rate continues to fall
...By Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsThe rate of deforestation in Brazil s Amazon Rainforest has dropped by 66...
Amazon rainforest: Deforestation in Brazil at six-year low
... The Amazon Rainforest is a crucial buffer in the global fight against climate change and 60% of it is located in Brazil...
Amazon deforestation down by a third in 2023, says Brazilian government
... The Amazon Rainforest is a crucial buffer in the global fight against climate change...
Climate change: World way off target to end deforestation
... This included former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who had to allow development in the Amazon Rainforest...
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Brazilian former official indicted over murders
... Phillips and Brazilian indigenist Bruno Pereira were killed on a reporting trip in the Amazon Rainforest last year...
Brazil's Lula recognises six new indigenous reserves
... The lands - including a vast area of Amazon Rainforest - cover about 620,000 hectares (1...
