“When the river starts to flood ... city of Manaus with a biologist friend. “The Amazon is a magnet,” he says. Passionate about the forest, he sought out any opportunity to work in the ...

The encounter occurred around 7pm on Wednesday in Bela Rosa, a community along the Purus River in the southwestern Amazon. Barefoot and wearing a small loincloth, the young man appeared calm and ...

River pirates and guerrilla rebels. Jaguars in the rain forest, piranha in the water and ... a Brazilian island in the Amazon that juts out into the Atlantic. They followed the coast, timing ...

At the same time, the Amazon River plunged to record lows for the second consecutive year, forcing governments to declare ...

The president says the meeting will provide an opportunity to focus on the needs of the Amazon, show the forest to the world, and present what the federal government has done to protect it.

There's also the guided tours Amazon hosts of its campus, which stop in the Spheres, but that also requires a reservation. Amazon also says it will host educational opportunities for local students.

the Brazilian Forest Service wants to speed up the creation of timber forest concessions in the Amazon region. The first one in the state of Amazonas was signed in 2023. Image courtesy of Imaflora.