The Amazon Soy Moratorium, a sectoral agreement which protects the Brazilian Amazon from deforestation, is under threat.

Archaeologists in Peru have shared findings of an eight-year study that revealed an ancient city that formerly served as an ...

Armed men hijacked a tourist boat in the Amazon rainforest in Peru, robbed all 14 people on board and forced them to empty their bank accounts via mobile apps, according to one of the victims.

The Amazon jungle is the world’s largest rainforest and the most biodiverse place on Earth, with 40,000 plant species and more than 2,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

Peru holds the second-largest share of Amazon rainforest after Brazil, with over 70 million hectares—about 60 percent of Peru’s territory, according to nonprofit Rainforest Trust.