Known as the ‘gateway to the Amazon’ due to its location on the mouth of the Pará River, part of the Amazon River system, Belém is a large access point from which to enter the mighty forest.

In an Amazon under transformation, climate change has emerged as another imminent risk. Banner image of a jaguar in the Mamirauá reserve. Image courtesy of Emiliano Ramalho/Mamirauá Institute.

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Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River ...

A growing fleet of electric boats ferries Indigenous people through the heart of the Ecuadorean Amazon, providing a cheaper and greener alternative to gas-powered vessels.