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The collapse of insects – “They’re the fabric tethering together every...
Number of Western Monarch butterflies (left) and butterfly surveys (right), 1997-2021. In the western United States, the number of individual butterflies has been steadily decreasing over the past...
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Activists dressed as birds and trees rally for nature at COP15 in Montreal –...
A person wearing a carved wooden mask takes part with other people in a protest march during COP15, the two-week U.N. Biodiversity summit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 10 December 2022. Photo:...
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More than 90 percent of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest certifier are...
The Alto Mayo protection forest in Moyobamba, Peru, was supposed to be a flagship offsetting project but has faced human rights issues. Graphic: Guardian Design / AFP / Getty Images By Patrick...
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Brazil police: Businessman ordered killings of men in Amazon
A sign that reads in Portuguese “Justice for Dom and Bruno” and with images of the British journalist Dom Phillips, on the left, and the indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira is displayed on the Arcos...
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rose by 14 percent in March 2023 – “The new...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, February 2008 – February 2023. After a drop in January 2023, deforestation in the Amazon returned to growth in February. According to Imazon data, 325 km² of...
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Global loss of biodiversity is significantly more alarming than previously...
Percentage of species per taxonomic group which have decreasing, stable, increasing or unknown/unassessed (NA) population trends. Each group is represented by a silhouette from left to right; mammals...
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One year after they were murdered, their work must go on – Forest defender...
Composite image of Bruno Araújo Pereira, a renowned defender of the rights of Brazil’s Indigenous peoples, and Guardian reporter Dom Phillips. Both were murdered on 5 June 2022 for exposing organized...
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Forests are no longer our climate friends – “As extreme as this year’s...
The Bald Mountain Wildfire burns in the Grande Prairie Forest Area in Alberta on 12 May 2023. Government of Alberta Fire Service / Canadian Press / AP By David Wallace-Wells 6 September 2023 (The New...
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Brazil’s big cats under threat from wind farms – “Wind power is a fantastic...
Wind farms in Boqueirão da Onça, or Jaguars’ Ravine, in the Caatinga in northeastern Brazil. Conservationists say companies shouldn’t install turbines in long rows, which forces animals to make...
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Drought drains Brazilian Amazon residents reliant on waterways – “It’s every...
Boats stranded in the mud of the parched Lago Aleixo amid a drought in the Amazonas state of Brazil in 2023. Photo: Michael Dantas / AFP By Orlando Junior 3 October 2023 (AFP) – Not far from the...
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Amazon rainforest experienced worst drought on record in 2023 – “We’ve never...
A canoe rests on the bank of a dried-out creek in the Amazon rainforest. Transport by canoe became impossible in some places at the height of the 2023 drought. Photo: Lucas Amorelli / Sea Shepherd By...
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Brazil cracks down as wildcat miners in the Amazon shift their operations –...
An illegal gold dredge burns in Paruari river during an operation against illegal gold mining at the Urupadi National Forest Park in the Amazon rainforest, conducted by agents of the Chico Mendes...
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Impacts for half of the world’s mining areas are undocumented – 56 percent of...
Percentage of documented and undocumented mines, by country. More than half of the global mining areas (56 percent) visible from satellite images have no production information available listed in a...
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Gold miners bring fresh wave of suffering to Brazil’s Yanomami – “This is war...
Aerial view of illegal miners using jets of water to dig for gold, damaging the soil by the edge of the Couto de Magalhaes river, during an operation by members of Ibama’s Special Inspection Group...
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