Political shifts in Brazil have revived international optimism, yet across South America, forest loss is accelerating. As ...

The fervor surrounding Lamine Yamal, the FC Barcelona and Spanish national team star, has crossed borders and reached even ...

Brazil’s Federal Police can trace whether gold came from an illegal mine in the Amazon rainforest, and investigators told ...

These investments are complicit in genocide,” said Jonas Mura, chief of the Gavião Real Indigenous Territory in Brazil.

Human Rights Watch found a major international company could be sourcing cattle from ranches linked to deforestation.

The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year, authorities said Tuesday. Many are already struggling to access essential ...

Brazil's Petrobras said Monday it has permission to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, casting a shadow over ...

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Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged to a 12-year high in 2020, official government data showed on Monday, with destruction soaring since President Jair Bolsonaro took office and ...

Brazil has mobilized more than 4,000 soldiers to patrol its northern coast near the jungle border with French Guiana for the trafficking of drugs, weapons and gold and for other crimes, which are ...

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