Today, eight river ports are under expansion in Brazil’s northern half, with five railways planned for the Amazon and northeast Brazil, three waterways and dozens of highway pavements ...

Brazil´s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pressing the country's environmental regulator to approve exploratory drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River, defending the push by saying ...

Protected forests in Brazil and Peru hold some ... The city of Pucallpa, on the Ucayali River, is the hub of the logging industry in the Peruvian Amazon. Until a decade ago, global demand for ...

Just months before Brazil is due to host the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), Lula is pushing for oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River, and his government has approved ...

LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil — Indigenous leader Filipe ... It is planned near the mouth of the Madeira River, which flows into the Amazon River. The build-out will include two shafts reaching a ...

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal ...

Robson Mura, of the Mura Indigenous community, watches the sunrise at the Moyray village in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) ...