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'Nobody gives us any incentive': A family's solitary fight to save endangered plants in the Amazon

Pucha and his family have spent years building a 'living laboratory' and a vital seed bank in the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle.

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Call for write-ups: When global environmental governance displaces local wisdom in Halmahera and Amazon

Across resource-rich regions, weak governance and limited transparency determine who profits from extraction and who bears the environmental and social costs.

The Conversation

Seed guardians of the Amazon: A family's solitary fight to save endangered plants

Ramón Pucha ventures into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle to collect seeds from endangered plant species

The Independent UK

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Weakening the soy moratorium in Brazil: a political choice that ignores the science

In the first days of 2026, the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE), which represents the largest soybean traders in Brazil, announced its withdrawal from the Amazon soy moratorium.

The Conversation

Indigenous protesters block Cargill facility in Brazil over President Lula's decree

Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting at a Cargill facility in Santarem, Brazil, against a decree signed in August by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The Independent UK

Getting an Orchid to Rebloom is Easier Than You Think – 5 Expert-Approved Ways to Trigger Spectacular Repeat Blooms

With this simple advice you can get any store-bought orchid to rebloom

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UK supermarkets push for Amazon soy safeguards after traders abandon ban

European retailers urge traders to adhere to commitments after Brazilian lawmakers wreck forest protection pact

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Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep

Police from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon

The Independent UK

Deep in the Amazon, I discovered this monkey’s ingenious survival tactic

Look down at the rainforest floor. Rotting flowers shift under the assault of tiny petal-eating beetles. Vividly coloured fungi pop up everywhere like the strange sculptures of a madly productive ceramicist.

The Conversation

Photographer Amelia Troubridge Captures Indigenous Women's Fight to Protect the Amazon in New Exhibition

LAND CAMP opens in London this week

Marie Claire

Five face trial in Peru in rare prosecution over the killing of an Amazon defender

Five men are set to stand trial in Peru over the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Amazon defender

The Independent UK

Never-Before-Seen Footage Of Uncontacted Amazonian Tribe Stuns The World, But Many Are Suspicious

“By the end of the week they will have Netflix, an ATM and a McDonalds.”

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18 of Earth's biggest river deltas — including the Nile and Amazon — are sinking faster than global sea levels are rising

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests. This exacerbates the risk of catastrophic coastal flooding and land loss.

LiveScience

Why Some Jungles Are Considered ‘Alive’ by Indigenous Tribes

For an outsider, a jungle may be just a piece of land covered with trees but for many indigenous tribes it is a living presence. Means it listens, reacts, protects and even sometimes warns. A study of the ecosystem may be a new phenomenon for modern science but tribal communities…

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Never-before-seen footage captures moment scientists find new, giant anaconda species in Amazon

Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the moment they encountered this snake in the wild.

Evening Standard

Why an Amazon river cruise should be on your bucket list

Aboard a small ship in Peru, Angelina Villa-Clarke discovers a kaleidoscope of wildlife (and the perfect pisco sour)

The Guardian - UK

Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’

The Independent UK

6 best expedition cruises to see rare wildlife and remote landscapes in 2026

From a 12-day trip to the icy Arctic to a river cruise of the Amazon, Marc Shoffman has your guide to the most exciting expeditions of 2026

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The Conversation

Ecological myopia: the blind spot holding back climate action

Global debate about how to navigate the climate crisis often centres on high-level pledges and whether national targets are being met. Yet focusing on these technical outcomes obscures a deeper problem that keeps climate action falling short.

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How to Choose a Responsible Amazon River Trip

Planning an Amazon River adventure should feel exciting, not stressful. And choosing to travel responsibly is one of the best ways to make the experience meaningful.

Euronews

‘Hot droughts’ could push the Amazon into a hypertropical climate by 2100 - and trees won’t survive

A hypertropical climate has not occurred on Earth in at least 10 million years.

LiveScience

Amazon rainforest is transitioning to a 'hypertropical' climate — and trees won't survive that for long

The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could increase to 150 days per year by 2100.

The Independent UK

Threats, armed men and bodyguards are facts of life for activists in Colombia's Amazon

Jani Silva is a renowned environmental activist in Colombia’s Amazon, but she has been unable to live in her house for nearly a decade

The Guardian - UK

Rockets, gold and the Foreign Legion: can Europe defend its frontier in the Amazon?

It borders Brazil, but French Guiana is now a remote outpost of the EU. It is home to Europe’s only spaceport, some of the most biodiverse forest on the planet and a military mission that is testing the limits of western power. By Alexander Hurst

The Guardian - UK

‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30

Exclusive: Brazil’s environment minister talks about climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves and the planet

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