newsmart – Environment

france24.com | 1 hrs. 10 min. ago

Lula's re-election brings hope for the Amazon, as deforestation drops to record low

Climate activists in Brazil and beyond are celebrating President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's election victory as good news for the Amazon rainforest. His last four years in power saw a record decrease in deforestation in the world's largest rainforest, appropriately nicknamed the planet's lungs.

FRANCE 24's Environment Editor Valerie Dekimpe tells us more.

independent.co.uk | 3 hrs. 38 min. ago

Suriname’s Saamaka tribe turns to mapping and documenting in effort to protect the Amazon rainforest

The Saamaka people in Suriname are using modern technology to map their ancestral lands

thestar.com | 4 hrs. 6 min. ago

In Suriname's rainforest, Saamaka woodcarvers face the pull of gold mining and logging

Josasath Liefde, a wood carver, works in his workshop in Pikienslee, Suriname, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

independent.co.uk | 4 hrs. 21 min. ago

Takeaways from AP's report on how Suriname's Saamaka are fighting to protect their rainforest

The Saamaka people in Suriname are using modern technology to map their ancestral lands

scmp.com | 10 hrs. 24 min. ago

Discovery of baby orangutans in India exposes booming illegal pet trade

The villagers who first spotted the five baby orangutans in a casuarina forest in India in early September were puzzled by their reddish hair and unfamiliar faces. The three males and two females, aged six to eight months – were left on a plantation in eastern India’s Odisha, over 2,700km (1,700 miles) from their native rainforests in Borneo and Sumatra, evidence of a growing illicit trade of apes being trafficked into India.

They are now at an Indian zoo, where keepers reportedly have been...

nytimes.com | 18 hrs. 50 min. ago

The future of the Amazon rainforest could depend on who wins.