Likely approval of bill easing environmental licensing requirements enjoys leniency from federal government due to interest ...

Frequent forest fires and agricultural expansion are degrading soil health in the southern Brazilian Amazon. This results in ...

From Lucas do Rio Verde, a major agricultural hub in the state of Mato Grosso, the railway would be built from scratch, ...

By the late 1990s, fewer than 5,000 red-tailed amazons remained. The parrot, native to Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, depends on guanandi trees to survive.

In 2024, six Latin American countries were in the top 10 nations with the highest loss of tropical primary forest, according ...

A large-scale federal operation to remove cattle raised illegally in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve has triggered ...

By paying a premium for wild rubber, Veja hopes to incentivise producers to keep the forest standing. But money alone doesn’t ...

Given recent developments on the international stage, Brazil is emerging as a potential leader on environmental issues, says the UN ...

Decades of ranching in the Amazon have earned Roque Quagliato, Brazil’s “King of Cattle,” great wealth — and some trouble.

Critics fear oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River is a step backwards from Lula’s ‘zero emissions’ goal.

In early January 2025, 20 red-browed amazons (Amazona rhodocorytha), a parrot species that was extinct in the Brazilian state ...