In Bahia, Brazil, farmer Moises Schmidt is building what could become the worlds largest cocoa farm, aiming to transform the ...

Phys.org shares researchers focused on fine aroma cacao, a unique variety of cacao with a distinctive flavor profile. Fine ...

When I was in college, a sustainability professor had us read a paper proposing an alternative to tradition farming practices. It was really rather simple: don't clear the land, just collect the ...

A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law has sparked intense backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Angela Mason Foster Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer Few plants have ...

As REDD projects around the world face setbacks, restoration projects in the Amazon are flourishing as a means of reviving ...

Tree rings can be used to determine the release of mercury into the air due to mining activities in South and Central America. This study is crucial in determining illegal mining activity and reducing ...

An Indigenous person carries a scale during a march at the annual Free Earth camp where Brazil’s Indigenous communities discuss rights, territorial protection and their role in COP30, which will take ...

An international team of researchers has now examined tree rings of species native to the Peruvian Amazon to determine if trees could be used to show approximately where and when atmospheric mercury ...

In the Amazon ... the rainforest and indigenous lands. Small-scale operations set up primarily illicitly and operated in the shadows use mercury, a substance with neurotoxic properties, for gold ...

Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest ... from the new assets: Trees aren’t known for spilling ...

How Trump's trade war with China impacts the global EV race Trump Targets Fraud Threat with Executive Order A $5 million Idaho company that sells on Amazon shows how China tariffs will crush ...