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Despite widespread public support for protecting the Amazon rainforest, political systems across the Pan-Amazon region consistently fail to deliver the environmental reforms needed to combat deforestation and promote sustainable development. A new analysis reveals that while politicians routinely voice support…
A Mongabay investigation has uncovered how carbon credit companies exploited Indigenous communities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through deceptive contracts that promised financial benefits but delivered nothing. In December 2022, both Brazil’s largest and smallest Indigenous territories signed identical 118-page, 10-year…
Brazil opened the doors to COP30 in the Amazon city of Belém this week with President Lula promising ambitious climate action, but the host nation’s recent environmental decisions are raising serious questions about its commitment to protecting the world’s most…
A massive natural gas complex deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest is receiving billions in funding from major global banks, even as these same institutions publicly commit to environmental protection, according to a new report from nonprofit Stand.earth. The Camisea Gas…
Judicial corruption across Amazon nations is severely hampering efforts to combat environmental crimes, creating a culture of impunity that threatens the world’s largest rainforest. From the Andean republics to Brazil, compromised court systems are failing to hold environmental criminals accountable,…
