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Tropical Forest Forever Fund: the controversial Brazilian project at the core of COP30

by Emanuele Bompan 10 NOV 2025 16:30

It is Lula's crowning achievement, his political legacy for the Amazon: a mega forest fund, the first of its kind, superior to any previous initiative, including the REDD+ carbon credit mechanism. I...

COP30: Time to act for the defenders of the planet

by María Villarreal 03 NOV 2025 16:00

Latin America faces one of its deepest contradictions: it is the most dangerous region in the world for those who defend the environment, yet it is also the birthplace of the first international tre...

Integrating Knowledge for the Conservation of Amazonian Biodiversity

by Maria Cunha 08 AUG 2025 14:45

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Amazon is the biome of superlatives. As the world's largest tropical forest and often describe...

What is the ‘empty forest syndrome’ and why it should concern us

by Inty Arcos 25 MAR 2025 11:50

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in inglese The loss of wildlife diversity and ecosystem fragmentation have triggered the phenomenon known as t...

Mining is turning the Amazon into a desert

by Roosevelt García-Villacorta 24 MAR 2025 11:50

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Imagine an arid, desolate and barren landscape, this is what the planet Mars looks like. For many ...

Biodiversity loss in Latin America, the burden of international trade

by Matías Mastrángelo 04 FEB 2025 10:30

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano What do a German eating his traditional sausages, a Frenchman tasting his typical cheeses and an I...

Startup, protecting forests and indigenous communities in the Andes with Acción Andina

by Antonella Ilaria Totaro 05 JUN 2024 12:00

The 7,000-kilometer-long Andes Mountains, which make up only 1% of the earth's surface, are home to a rich and diverse ecosystem. There are 15% of all plant and wildlife species, including more than...

Panamericana and biodiversity, empathy can save the world

by Valeria Barbi 19 APR 2024 14:30

It has been almost 2 years since the 15th of July 2022 when I took the plane that allowed me to verify with my own eyes, how much and in which form human activities are changing, sometimes irreparab...

Man and Forests: It's All a Matter of Timescale

by Giorgia Marino 14 NOV 2023 08:44

Time, complexity, resilience. These are the three key concepts on which the health and survival of any forest ecosystem is based. Three interrelated characteristics in a tight cause-and-effect chain...

If a Tree Falls

by Emanuele Bompan 14 NOV 2023 08:20

Over the course of my life, I have encountered exceptional trees: the giant sequoias and the secular General Sherman (2200 - 2700 years old) in California, the Lebanese cedars in the Beqaa valley, t...

Energy from Biomass? Yes, but Wisely

by Ferdinando Cotugno 14 NOV 2023 08:10

If we look at the scenario of a zero-emission Europe in 2050, and study the various strategies to get there, forest and agricultural biomass are one of the most debated and divisive energy sour...