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

Brazil's Climate Observatory has called the bill the "biggest environmental setback" since Brazil's military dictatorship, in ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called upon Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to veto recently approved ...

A new and alarming pattern of destruction is emerging in the rainforest, challenging Brazilian authorities ahead of COP30.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should veto a bill that dismantles environmental licensing and poses serious ...

The threats and intimidation come in many forms: anonymous phone calls warning a human rights defender that he should leave ...

The Amazon rainforest -- considered one of the world's most important climate regulators - continues to face serious threats ...

Brazil is a country shaped by highways. The transportation model adopted by President Juscelino Kubitschek in the 1950s has been expanded by successive administrations across the political ...

Enacted in July 2000, the law that created the system establishes 12 categories of protected areas in the country.