Much of that loss was in tropical areas that are key nature habitats, putting threatened species in greater danger ... to take people living in mountain forest areas into account.

For thousands of years, the inhabitants of the Brazilian rainforest have been using medicinal plants. But this knowledge is ...

In the month of July, the Amazon has lost 519 square miles (1,345 square kilometers) of rainforest. That's an area more than twice the size of Tokyo. As the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon ...