On a vast island in northern Brazil, an unusual debate about cattle and conservation is taking place. Federal authorities ...

Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Water levels in the Brazilian Amazon recovered in 2025 following two consecutive years of severe ...

Archaeologists working across three countries have identified networks of ancient settlements hidden beneath the Amazon ...

Brazil’s government has announced a $75 million investment in the BR-319 highway, a move environmentalists fear could speed up Amazon deforestation.

A Stanford team used geospatial data and detection algorithms to achieve a tenfold increase in rescues from modern slavery in ...

Brazil cut deforestation in the Amazon to its lowest level since 2019 in 2025, with tougher environmental enforcement helping reduce forest loss even as five trees continued to be felled every ...

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler [( Satellite alerts suggest deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is continuing to fall, putting the ...

As world leaders conclude the United Nations’ annual climate talks in Belém, Brazil— a summit meant to accelerate global action on phasing out fossil fuels—the Brazilian government is facing mounting ...

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday admitted farmers could be illegally ...

Brazil’s antitrust regulator suspended a key mechanism for rainforest protection, the Amazon Soy Moratorium, on Aug. 18, less than three months before the nation hosts the COP30 climate summit. The ...