Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Brazilian authorities have raged against comments by Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz in which he appeared to look down on Belem, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest.

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

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

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