The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate ...

The Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing ban that has protected it. The ban - which prohibits the sale of soya grown on land ...

As Brazil's government seeks to boost its environmental credentials by hosting the United Nations' climate summit, a proposal to build a railway through the Amazon has threatened to tarnish that image ...

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 ...

FILE - A person walks on the BR-319 highway through smoke from a forest fire that reaches Careiro Castanho in Brazil's Amazonas state, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File) MANAUS, Brazil (AP) ...

Environmental advocates warn oil leaks or spills could cause irreparable damage to the unique and understudied ecosystem.They are suing the Brazilian government and its largest state-owned oil ...

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Valerie Volcovici BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -On the banks of the Guama River where the city of Belem ...

Brazil’s decision to approve oil drilling exploration near the Amazon River has raised concerns over the future of the ...

One small Indigenous territory is currently the site of roughly 70% of deforestation in Indigenous territories across the ...

They found that properties with secure land rights deforested less and were more likely to comply with Brazil's Forest Code, ...

Violence has escalated in the small Brazilian town of Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade as illegal gold mining on the nearby ...

Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute on Saturday released thousands of giant Amazon River turtle ...