Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans ...

When you think of Brazil, you picture colourful carnival goers, Christ the Redeemer towering over tourists, and sunbathers on ...

The Amazon is also vital to the global and regional water cycles, as it releases 20 billion tons of water in the atmosphere per day. Forest lines the Combu creek, on Combu Island on the banks of the ...

As reported by the BBC, the state government of Pará cleared out eight miles of Amazon rainforest to build the highway. The ...

Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water ...

Opponents fear that mining will expose the tribe to harmful pollution and hurt tribal unity, while supporters think it will ...

They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a ...

Deus e Pai, Tefe, Brazil Deep in the Amazonas region of Brazil, Mayleane Melo leans on her red sofa to ease the pain of a contraction. Her baby is coming. Next to her is Tabita dos Santos Moraes - one ...

In Brazil's Amazon, dolphin therapy aids people with disabilities Floating in the Rio Negro river in the Brazilian Amazon, Luiz Felipe, who has Down Syndrome, beams as he hugs a pink dolphin during a ...

Brazil is home to 12% of Earth’s freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as ...

The next instalment in a series of United Nations climate change conferences will be COP30, taking place in Bélem, Brazil, in ...