It protects some 1.1 million hectares of Amazon rainforest. It’s one of the ... Reporting for this article is presented by the National Geographic Society in partnership with Rolex under the ...

There's mercury in the Amazon ... That’s why National Geographic Society, with the support of Rolex, created a unique tropical rainforest vulnerability index (TFVI), with leading scientists ...

If pushed too far, vast stretches of tropical rainforest could see widespread ... and help direct resources toward recovery. The National Geographic Society, committed to illuminating and ...

The Congo is the second largest rainforest, next to the Amazon ... Environment and Vice Prime Minister Eve Bazaiba tells National Geographic in an exclusive interview. The shift comes just ...

Here, the Amazon’s first storytellers ... bushwhacking through thick rainforest, and battling unrelenting bees. National Geographic Explorer and scientist Fernando Trujillo (far left) and ...

The Amazon is a realm of contrasts ... the Colombian geologist and National Geographic Explorer has been doing fieldwork in the Peruvian part of the rainforest, and she’s noticed the sounds ...

More than 20 years ago, the Sinchi Warmi (‘brave woman’) Indigenous community created a lodge where they could teach visitors about the natural riches of the Amazon rainforest. Interacting ...

Ecuador is a country of beautiful extremes, from the lush Amazon rainforest to the rugged Andes ... from the chilly wetness of hiking in Cotopaxi National Park several days later.

National Geographic ... told National Geographic. “But no, [deforestation is] actually one of the biggest contributors to climate change.” (Read more about rain forest threats.) ...

One of the few protected places within the Cerrado region, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park has become ... It pales in lushness to the mighty Amazon rainforest to the north, the green lungs ...