Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth. Roughly one in every 50 species of plant and vertebrate land animal lives there and nowhere else. Stretching for ...

Found in the Amazon, Pantanal, and Atlantic Forest, they were distinguished from what was previously known as a single ...

A species of moth that was first described in 1818 was believed to be a single species. However, it has since been discovered that it is actually a complex of species, eight of which are found in ...

Environmentalists hail decline but warn weakened laws could reverse gains ...

Aerial view of an area of Atlantic Forest clear-cut for eucalyptus farming in Brazil's Minas Gerais state - Copyright AFP Philip FONG Aerial view of an area of ...

Iracambi is a Brazilian NGO in the Serra do Brigadeiro mountain range, located in the heart of the Atlantic Forest, a biome largely destroyed by rampant deforestation. Leveraging partnerships with ...

Deforestation not only causes the loss of important natural resources, it also contributes to global warming. Deforestation is the cause of about 20 percent of carbon dioxide emissions globally, which ...

Planting trees is not enough. Although forest restoration efforts in the Atlantic Forest are advancing on a large scale, they are still unable to fully integrate replanted areas into the mosaic of ...

After centuries of intensive deforestation, experts say fragmentation and degradation are worse in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest than in the Amazon. Experts say restoration can complement primary forest ...

Once stretching across nearly a tenth of South America, the Atlantic Forest is now reduced to scattered fragments. Yet within these remaining patches of forest, communities, producers, conservation ...

Lowland tapir populations in the Atlantic Forest in South America are at risk of almost complete disappearance, scientists have estimated. The main long-term threat to their well-being is population ...