A new report by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute has found that gold mining poses a significant threat to ...

In January 2027, five of the nine Amazonian countries could be run by right-wing or far-right parties, posing new risks to ...

More than $47 million is tied to sustainable forest management.

Sept. 3 (UPI) --Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio at the presidential palace to discuss climate change, Indigenous territories ...

Forest destruction fell to 2,874sq km, an area slightly larger than Luxembourg, in the 12 months through July. Read more at ...

Brazilian tribal chief Raoni Metuktire, the most recognized face of the fight to save the Amazon rainforest, has gastrointestinal cancer and is receiving palliative care at home, his organization said ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Amazon’s atmospheric moisture flows known as “flying rivers” provide over 70% of rainfall in parts of southern Peru and northern Bolivia, but ...

The BR-319 runs through a largely untouched stretch of the rainforest. A new initiative to pave it could put the Amazon and the global climate at risk.

SAO PAULO, July 7 (Reuters) - Fresh food offerings have helped boost demand for Amazon's (AMZN.O), opens new tab new 15-minute quick-delivery service in Brazil, prompting the company to increase its ...

Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc announced today, May 29th, at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Bonn, a commitment to create 4 new protected areas, 3 of them in the Brazilian ...

A recent report from Brazil’s national space agency showed that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is the lowest it’s been in a decade. The news made headlines and was lauded as an example of the ...