That’s why some ancient farming secrets could make a huge difference. Top image: CIFOR on Flickr. It’s probably not even worth trying to comprehend the scale of the Amazon rainforest.

Encouraging more intensive farming in areas of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest that have already been felled could help preserve the rest of the rainforest, by boosting crop yields without serious ...

NOVA CANAA DO NORTE, Brazil — Walking on a dusty field of cut rice that was once rainforest, researcher Flavio Wruck explains how farming, the Amazon's biggest killer, can be turned into its ...