International Rivers today released a new study outlining the threats facing the Tapajós River Basin and innovative legal ...

As a controversial bill nears passage in Brazil, environmentalists and civil society prepare for what they call the ...

One of the new species was discovered in an unusual and “very difficult” to access location near the Rio Purus, a tributary ...

The word ‘anaconda’ might send a chill down your spine, or if you have watched the cult 90s thriller, you will know it.

Repeated and widely publicized government actions against illegal miners in Amazonas state have only deepened the trade's ...

A crackdown on illegal cattle herds inside the Arariboia Indigenous Territory in Brazil has hit unexpected pushback that ...

The construction of the Autazes Potash Project by Brazil Potash has the potential to create a new economic anchor in the ...

Flowing close to areas under prospective drilling activities, the Branco river in Guyana, a major tributary of Amazon, faces potential ecological and environmental risks.

Attacks from the religious right on Marina Silva, a Pentecostal and longtime environmentalist, expose the rifts within Brazil ...

International Rivers' analysis of challenges facing communities in Brazil offers innovative solutions for protecting nature and human rights.

Lula has staked his reputation as a climate leader by going out of his way to host the Cop30 climate summit, to be held in ...

— Amazon (River of Dreams), a 1993 song by jazz guitarist Artie Traum emblematic of the iconic river basin’s dire straits three decades later Climate impact on the Amazon rainforest and the ...