Stretching along South America's east coast and extending inland towards the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest is one of the world’s most ecologically diverse regions. It is also one of the most vulnerable.

In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, Mauricio Ruiz has turned his love for nature into action by working with the community to reforest a critical stretch of the nation’s most endangered forest ...

It took him five years to review the scientific literature and visit nearly every Brazilian state that contains portions of the Atlantic Forest. “The only states I didn’t visit were Sergipe and Mato ...

The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change has launched a public consultation on the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation and Fires in the Atlantic Forest (PPMata ...

A review paper published in the scientific journal Biological Conservation in January suggests that there are other factors contributing to the phenomenon, especially in the Atlantic Forest, such as ...

During a special ceremony at the XIIIth World Forestry Congress, the two governments agreed to work towards zero net deforestation in the Atlantic Forest, and to implement a package of measures ...