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Amazon

Integrating Knowledge for the Conservation of Amazonian Biodiversity

Traditional peoples play an essential role in defending their territories and natural resources against illegal activities such as deforestation and mining.

Mining is turning the Amazon into a desert

While scientists struggle to understand how we might terraform Mars, gold mining in the Amazon is creating biological deserts, transforming ecosystems critical to the planet.

A new pact seeks to protect the Amazon from environmental crime

An unusual compact gathered experts from Brazil, Colombia and Peru to reflect on the dire straits facing the Amazon, its people and the global climate.