The guardians of the Amazon who work without pay — or fear

Mongabay
Jul 7, 2025, 7:45 am176 ptsTrending
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a corner of the rainforest where Colombia meets Peru and Brazil, the hum of chainsaws and gunfire never quite dies. Yet, in the shadows of this long emergency, a subtler…

Read Article Share
Share Article
- email
- twitter
- facebook
- pocket
- reddit
- tumblr
- linkedin
- pinterest

Trending Today on EcoTopical

Questionable lead reporting for drinking water virtually vanished after Flint water crisis, study reveals 129

Tory plan to scrap net zero target puts UK climate leadership at risk 126

Nissan’s next electric SUV may actually come from Ford or another major automaker 122

PepsiCo and Etsy are trying a new way to track emissions reductions 121

Megaton direct air capture projects axed by Trump administration 118

Antarctic Circumpolar Current flowed three times faster 130,000 years ago, core samples reveal 115

Mercury Rising: Why Emissions of This Deadly Neurotoxin May Soon Increase 115

UC Riverside’s new AI tool predicts your EV’s true range 114

About EcoTopical

Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator.

Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.

The guardians of the Amazon who work without pay — or fear

Mongabay

Share Article

Trending Today on EcoTopical

About EcoTopical

Featured

Little Dacia Goes Big With New Spring & Hipster Models

Eco-friendly technology removes toxic PFAS from water

Abandoned land drives dangerous heat in Houston, researchers find

Neutron scanning of coral fossils reveals Earth's hidden climate history

Between rain and snow, machine learning finds nine precipitation types

Will a ‘wealth cap’ help the environment? How inequality is fuelling the…

UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil

Three CNN reporters on three continents wore chemical-tracking wristbands. The…

The world's chemical pollution: Current state of research