Pucha and his family have spent years building a 'living laboratory' and a vital seed bank in the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle.

For a quarter century, Ramón Pucha and his family have ventured deep into Ecuador's Amazon rainforest on rugged expeditions to collect seeds from plant species that have nearly disappeared. (AP ...

A beetle stands on a leaf on the family farm of Ramon Pucha, which he has turned into a conservation site to preserve native ...

Pucha and his family have spent years recreating their own piece of jungle with rescued species on a 32-hectare farm called ...

Mining often happens in artisanal and small-scale mining operations that burn gold-mercury amalgams to extract gold particles. Credit: Simon Topp. In the Amazon, gold mining is a thriving business, ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive analyze Amazon rainforest survival, extreme conditions, and lessons from seven days in the wild. Bartenders say one common request costs them tips — and some ...

Abstract: Mining has enabled the development of the modern world by extracting resources that drive technological advancements. This is not the case for the growth of illegal mining, which destroys ...

Newly released footage shows an uncontacted community in the Amazon rainforest in clearer images than ever before. The community are called the Mashco Piro people, and they are estimated to consist of ...

Never-before-seen high-definition footage of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe has surfaced in a recent interview between an American conservationist and podcaster Lex Fridman. Author Paul Rosolie has ...

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Major grains traders quit the Amazon Soy Moratorium New forest pledges lack the same level of transparency Retailers who demanded 2006 pact have been muted so far SAO PAULO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - ...