A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the ...

So they started a project that would hopefully protect the forest and help the local communities at the same time. They built a health centre and gave people a big discount on medical care if they ...

But many critics say cutting down trees and destroying the rainforest habitat of many animals will have a lasting impact on the area. The BBC's Ione Wells reports from Brazil.

BBC Radio 4 appeal will broadcast an appeal to protect rainforests on behalf of climate change charity Cool Earth. The appeal ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over ... hosting more than 50,000 people this November, the BBC reported Wednesday. Though the state government hopes ...

through the rainforest into Belém. Diggers and machines carve through the forest floor, paving over wetland to surface the road which will cut through a protected area. Image source, BBC / Paulo ...

Funding has been secured to help expand and protect one of England's last remaining ancient temperate rainforests. Naddle Forest at Wild Haweswater, Cumbria, will undergo a year-long programme of ...

The leading animal charity Peta has issued a warning to BBC star Bruce Parry, who suffocated and killed a goat on his ...