Destructive commercial logging practices are threatening the very existence of much of the Earth's most important ancient forests. While trees may be a renewable resource, ancient forests are not. More than 80 percent of the world's ancient...

The Amazon is one of the richest areas in the world in animal and plant diversity. There are more plant species in one hectare in the Amazon than the whole of Europe. Over 200 species of trees can be found on one hectare of Amazon, and one tree...

The forests of the Congo Basin are second in size only to the Amazon rainforest and are the most biodiverse places in Africa. The forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) alone are home to over 1,000 species of birds and more than 400...

The Amazon is thought to be the most diverse ecosystem on earth. It is home to about 20 million people, as well as approximately 60,000 plant species, 1,000 bird species and more than 300 mammal species.

On April 4th, 2001, after years of grassroots efforts, a coalition of forest protection advocates, including Greenpeace, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network, and ForestEthics, scored a huge victory...

Liberia houses two-thirds of the Upper Guinean Rainforest, which has been classified as a biodiversity hotspot by global conservation groups. A biodiversity hotspot is a region that is rich in species that are native, both fauna and flora, and...

The Amazon Basin is the largest reservoir of fresh water on the planet and about one fifth of all running water on the planet flows through the Amazon. The Amazon River is 6,868 km / 4000 miles long, the same distance that separates New York from...

The Amazon is the greatest remaining ancient forest on Earth. The Amazon River valley is the largest basin area in the world. This basin contains most of the biodiversity on earth, with 50 percent of the entire planet's land-based animal and...