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Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane highway ahead of an upcoming climate summit. Belém, which is set to host ...
LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the amber waters that are surrounded by a jagged shoreline that ...
Brazil is hosting the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host the 2025 United ...
Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
Brazilian environmental agents seized the equivalent of more than 5,000 truckloads of timber in an operation targeting one of the most heavily logged regions of the Amazon rainforest in recent ...
Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a landmark deal signed two decades ago aimed at slowing deforestation.
In this image provided by IBAMA, Brazil's Environmental Agency, a Starlink internet unit produced by Elon Musk's company is seized from an illegal mining pit in a remote part of the Brazilian ...
Beneath Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, one of the planet’s largest potassium reserves is fueling tensions between industrial ambitions and Indigenous rights. Credit: AP. Credit: AP.
LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the amber waters that are surrounded by a jagged shoreline that ...
Potassium mining project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest divides Indigenous tribe. Associated Press. Sat, March 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC. 6 min read. Rosiene Carvalho Associated Press.
LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the amber waters that are surrounded by a jagged shoreline that ...