Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...

Ecuador is scoping out new debt-for-nature swaps, one to funnel funds into the Amazon rainforest and another for a giant ocean protection zone backed by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, people ...

The unrest has been triggered, in part, by the targeting of environmental leaders whose work protects large swaths of the ...

Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, more than 950,000 square kilometers have been opened for oil and gas exploration ...

Ecuadorans have voted to stop an oil drilling project in an Amazon Rainforest reserve, according to the results Monday of a referendum hailed as a historic example of climate democracy. Ecuador is one ...

In the vast and biodiverse rainforests of the Amazon, nature continues to reveal its remarkable secrets. In 2024, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of anaconda that has stunned the ...

Jane Fonda has always been one to stand up for what she believes in. With a lifetime of activism under her belt, the Oscar-winning actress has turned her attention to the climate crisis—choosing ...

Ecuadorians voted on Sunday to stop an oil-drilling project in the Yasuni region of the Amazon with 59% voting yes on a proposition that will end the practice. Ecuador’s government estimates that 1.67 ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Amber found in the Amazon forest region of Ecuador containing a trove of well-preserved fossils of wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects is giving a glimpse ...

WASHINGTON — Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that were home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and buried ...

A delegation from Alianza Ceibo, Amazon Frontlines, representatives of other Amazonian nationalities, and activist Jane Fonda, on a tour about the damage caused by oil extraction in the Amazon. Credit ...