Guyana is making some giant steps for conservation with plans to double its protected areas within the next 18 months.

July 26, 2024

In the remote lowland forests of northwestern Bolivia, a small community has taken a big step to protect one of the Amazon’s most biodiverse regions.

February 5, 2024

In 1987, Conservation International had a radical idea to reduce Bolivia's debt in exchange for nature conservation. Since then, the country has become a laboratory for the protection of nature, field-testing ideas that would spread around the world.

October 26, 2023

Eight Amazonian nations have agreed to create an alliance to protect the world’s largest rainforest, following decades of rising deforestation and warnings of a “tipping point” that could alter the ecosystem — and Earth’s climate.

August 9, 2023

On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Conservation News is highlighting three stories about Indigenous peoples on the frontlines of protecting the nature they rely on.

August 9, 2023

For years, two communities in southeast Colombia have worked to protect the black caiman — the largest predator in the Amazon River basin, which was hunted to near extinction in the area for its highly-prized skin.

May 26, 2023

Years ahead of schedule, Bolivia has met an ambitious goal to protect 30 percent of its land — and that's thanks in large part to Amazonian towns and villages that are accelerating the pace and scale of conservation in the country.

April 12, 2023

When U.S. President Joseph Biden meets with Brazil’s newly elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in Washington this week, climate change and the fate of the Amazon will be one of the many items of discussion, according to news reports.

February 9, 2023

A bold initiative to regrow 73 million trees in the Brazilian Amazon has made substantial progress despite some unexpected hurdles, according to an upcoming report.

February 7, 2023

Meet three of Conservation International's Amazonia Indigenous Women's fellows working to protect the world's largest rainforest.

August 9, 2022

In case you missed it: Brazil's rainforests are in serious trouble.

July 18, 2022

Protecting nature starts with science. Here’s a roundup of recent scientific research published by Conservation International experts.

May 5, 2022

If deforestation continues to accelerate, the Amazon could be at risk of becoming ground zero for the world’s next pandemic, according to a study published today.

March 24, 2021

Monday‘s Climate Week roundup: France commits US$ 100 million to a fund to protect the Amazon, religious leaders discuss the ethics of conservation and scientists declare a “planetary emergency.”

September 24, 2019

Abdías Vásquez describes his life in the Alto Mayo and how it has changed since he signed a conservation agreement.

March 27, 2018

Here are three surprising benefits of forests

March 21, 2018