Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a ...

SANTAREM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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