Scientists examined satellite images of the Brazilian biome from 2010 to 2020. The results indicate that over 186,000 ha of ...

By Shanna Hanbury Commodity-trading giant Cargill recently signaled that it will weaken its no-deforestation commitments in ...

The young man from an Indigenous Amazonian tribe is receiving medical treatment, while authorities prepare to attempt ...

One of South America’s largest ecosystems saw an increase in deforestation last year, with agriculture, livestock and fires contributing the most to the destruction of native dry forests. The problem ...

According to Globo Rural, Brazilian traders fear that the EU ... category of countries classified as posing “no risk” of deforestation remain under review. The European Commission has ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is defending oil exploration near the mouth of the Amazon River as a way to ...

The buritis, or moriche palms, are fighting for their lives in the streambed now lined with scorched earth. For two years now ...

Deforestation by cattle farmers is pushing the Amazon closer to a tipping point at which the world's largest rainforest will gradually stop locking away climate-warming carbon dioxide. Brazilian ...

Previous support and pledges from the United States have helped to slow forest loss in Brazil. Will Trump reverse that ...

Study reveals how human history—from Indigenous stewardship to colonization—shaped the genetic diversity of Brazil Nut trees in the Amazon.