Kayapo Tribe: Forest Protection, Culture, and Rights
Meet the Kayapó, also known as Mebêngôkre, and learn how Indigenous rights, local authority, and forest defence connect in Brazil.
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Meet the Kayapó, also known as Mebêngôkre, and learn how Indigenous rights, local authority, and forest defence connect in Brazil.
See how plants, herbivores, seed dispersers, and predators connect in the Amazon food web, and why deforestation breaks those links.
The Amazon canopy is a layered habitat for plants, birds, mammals, and water cycling. Learn why connected forest protects life above ground.
Learn how the açaí palm grows in Amazon floodplains, why global demand matters, and what the fruit trade can and cannot protect.
Meet Amazon rainforest snakes, from anacondas to pit vipers, and learn how habitat protection reduces threats to these misunderstood predators.
Meet 8 extraordinary animals of the Amazon River, from pink dolphins and giant otters to electric eels and mata mata turtles. Discover their surprising adaptations and the conservation work keeping them alive.
At the click of a button you can save a personal piece of the Amazon rainforest and ensure it stays safe from deforestation. You will immediately receive access to your piece of rainforest and will be able to track it to the square meter.
The walking palm tree is said to move across the rainforest floor. Is the myth true? Discover what science says about this Amazon icon and its remarkable stilt roots.
Explore why the Monteverde cloud forest depends on mist, how cloud water supports biodiversity, and what it teaches about protecting climate-sensitive ecosystems.
Meet leafcutter ants, rainforest farmers that grow fungus, move nutrients through forest soil, and show why Amazon biodiversity runs deeper than the canopy.
Learn what the Amazon Basin is, why its 7 million square kilometers matter for climate, biodiversity, and people, and what threats it faces today.
Meet the golden poison frog, a tiny Colombian amphibian whose batrachotoxin, bright warning colors, and fragile rainforest habitat make it one of nature’s most remarkable species.
From a blob-headed catfish to a turquoise poison dart frog, meet five species recently discovered in Peru’s Alto Mayo region and learn why each one matters for conservation.
Scarlet macaws visit Peru’s clay licks for minerals, social cues, and survival. Learn how Tambopata’s riverbanks reveal rainforest ecology in action.
Coffee, cocoa, palm oil, beef, soy, paper, and cosmetics can be tied to rainforest loss. Learn how everyday choices connect to deforestation.
Lowland tapirs move seeds through Amazon forests, helping regeneration after disturbance. Learn why this Vulnerable mammal matters for rainforest recovery.
