Mongabay on MSN5d
Two South American scientists win ‘environmental Nobel’ on human-nature divide
By Shanna Hanbury Two scientists from South America won the 2025 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement on Feb. 11 for ...
The Daily Californian6d
Poison frog species discovered, highlighting biodiversity of the Chocó rainforest
After conducting research in Ecuador and Colombia, Rebecca Tarvin, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative ...
Aquaculture in the Amazon: Lessons for food security and sustainability
Expanding aquaculture in the Amazon could provide nutritional and economic benefits at a fraction of the environmental cost ...
unr.edu7d
A race to map the rainforest: How a University of Nevada Ph.D. helped win the $10M XPRIZE
In a high-stakes, 48-hour challenge in the Amazon, Ari Grele deployed his "Bugnet" technology to map biodiversity ...
Access WDUN10d
USAID is going away, and along with it cocaine-fighting efforts and Amazon rainforest protection
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
Climate Cosmos on MSN11d
Climate Challenges in the World’s Largest Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," due to its vast capacity to ...
What Is USAID and What Impact Does It Have Across the Globe?
The Trump Administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn much criticism.
Associated Press13d
USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing in South America
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pulling almost all USAID workers off the job and out of the ...
Daily Reporter14d
USAID is going away, and along with it cocaine-fighting efforts and Amazon rainforest protection
In Brazil, USAID’s largest initiative is the Partnership for the Conservation of Amazon Biodiversity ... About two-thirds of the world’s largest rainforest is in Brazil.