Science news articles about 'western amazon'

... policy issues related to indigenous peoples. "The way that oil development is being pursued in the Western Amazon is a gross violation of the rights of the indigenous peoples of the region" said ...

A study shows how rising oil and gas demand is leading to major exploration in the Western Amazon, threatening the forest and indigenous people.

... ants from the tree canopy to study the insects' ability to glide. "We were working up in the trees in the Western Amazon on hot, still days, and tiny sweat bees were swarming all around and flying ...

... , would protect a large area of pristine Amazon rainforest, by leaving untouched nearly one billion ... now cover vast swaths of the mega-diverse western Amazon," said Finer, lead author of Biotropica ...