Once a sink for greenhouse gases, the rainforest, converted to farmland by slash-and-burn agriculture, is fast becoming a source of them. What is driving the deforestation? A turn away from Bolivia’s ...

BENI RIVER, Bolivia, June 10 (Reuters) - In Bolivia's Amazon tensions are rising over a boom in wildcat gold mining that is driving a surge in imports of mercury used to extract the precious metal and ...

Bolivia’s new President Rodrigo Paz said on Tuesday that major US technology companies will soon announce investments in the landlocked South American nation. Paz said in a webcast press conference ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...