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

Brazil, which is hosting the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in the city of Belem, aims to highlight ...

In 2024, the Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in more than two decades. According to a new study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the fire-driven ...

A model developed by Brazilian researchers shows that opening up protected areas in the Amazon to mining projects would lead to massive losses of forest coverage. In a paper published in the journal ...

The Amazon rainforest, spanning eight countries, is a vital ecosystem housing 10% of Earth's species and holding 20% of the world's freshwater. It stores billions of tons of carbon, crucial for ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in places ...

Roberto de Oliveira Alves, a cattle farmer in the Brazilian Amazon, is confident that his pick for president, Jair Bolsonaro, will win the final round of the national election on Oct. 30. “Our life ...

The cause of the pollution is largely fires set by humans to clear forest for cattle and pasturelands, according to the ...

A new six-lane motorway bulldozing through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is set to be completed as preparations for the COP30 climate summit begin. Images show the ...

U.N. climate summit leaders have been petitioned by California gubernatorial hopeful Steve Hilton, asking them to prevent Gov ...

As of Thursday, there are more than 165,000 fires burning in the Amazon rainforest — and a significant number of them, more than 75,000, are burning in Brazil. The Amazon spans more than 5.5 million ...