His company, De Mendes Chocolates, uses cacao harvested from virgin rainforest. He’s hoping customers will appreciate how different microclimates and soil conditions across the region subtly ...

Monkeys swing through trees by the pool while tapirs nap beneath the Lodge’s risen walkways; flowering plants and fruit trees provide pops of vibrant color ... of the rainforest soil to the ...

The soil in the Amazon rainforest is the poorest and most infertile in the world. If one cuts down the forest, it is irretrievably lost. The humus layer is quickly washed out. Three years after ...