Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon ...

Brazil’s Attorney General has recommended a four-month delay to a state law that will remove tax benefits from crop traders ...

Many locals are cheering on the Brazilian government’s plans to rebuild a decrepit highway. Environmentalists are less keen ...

Davis Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area encompasses an area of Amazon Rainforest more than half the ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged ...

As Belém's COP30 ended in compromise, political forces moved swiftly to accelerate destruction far from the global spotlight.

The terras caídas phenomenon also threatens riverside communities in the Brazilian Amazon, with several incidents in recent years in which houses, schools, churches and public squares were swept away ...

When President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil returned to power, he had an ambitious goal: restoring his country’s image as a champion of climate action. He vowed to slash Brazil’s emissions of ...

Nubank (NU) and Amazon's (AMZN) Brazil unit formed a partnership that will expand payment options for customers shopping on the Amazon.com.br store, the companies said on Wednesday. Nubank's ...

Indigenous-held Amazon forest absorbs more CO2 than it emits Other Amazon areas have become a source of planet-heating gases Protecting land from forest loss could avoid tipping point RIO DE ...

Bolsonaro and his Liberal Party did better than expected Several anti-environmentalists won seats in Congress Future of the Amazon seen depending on run-off results RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 5 (Thomson ...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest saw its highest annual rate of deforestation in over 15 years, the latest data shows, after a 22% climb from the previous year. The country's space research agency ...