The conversion of rainforest into plantations erodes and restructures food webs and fundamentally changes the way these ecosystems function, according to a new study published in Nature.

Expanding aquaculture in the Amazon could provide nutritional and economic benefits at a fraction of the environmental cost ...

The reality is that we all have a joint responsibility in protecting the Amazon. The food we eat is helping to fuel the deforestation ... Every hectare of the Amazon that is destroyed pushes the ...

Most of the 40 million people who live in the Amazon are in urban centers, the World Wildlife Fund said, and rely on the rainforest's "natural bounty for food, shelter and livelihoods." ...