A new environmental licensing law has been criticised by environmentalists as Brazil prepares for COP30.

Over the past 12 months, deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado biome dropped by 20%, while the Amazon saw a 4% rise in alerts. In ...

New state-level legislation in Brazil, including the withdrawal of tax incentives for companies adhering to the ASM, is ...

In the Pantanal, deforestation decreased by 72 percent, dropping to 319 km² from 1,148 km² in the previous period. The biome ...

Lula approved the controversial bill easing environmental licensing rules, but struck down or altered 63 articles.

The command-and-control approach to reducing or eliminating environmental wrongdoing depends on both carrots and sticks. The ...

Mining in Brazil does not deliver the sustained economic benefits often claimed, while informal mining is a major driver of ...

Standard Chartered has agreed to sell millions of carbon credits aimed at protecting the Amazon rainforest on behalf of the ...

This year's United Nations climate conference in November is in Belem, Brazil, a city facing high poverty and infrastructure ...

According to the country's Ministry of Environment, deforestation in the first quarter of the year totaled 27,000 hectares, or about 67,000 acres -- a 33% decrease compared to the same period in 2024.

The EUDR is set to be implemented at the end of this year, but the path to its implementation has been rocky, with calls for further delay. How will this plot unfold?

Brazil’s monitoring system tracks deforestation from Aug. 1 to July 30. Over the past 10 months, deforestation has risen 9.7% compared to the same period a year earlier.