Brazil’s Supreme Court has suspended an environmental permit for a major gold mining project in the Amazon rainforest.

Brazil’s government announces that annual deforestation in the Amazon has fallen to its lowest level since 1988 ...

SAO PAULO, Oct. 23 -- 2024, Brazil's Amazon emitted an annual average of 1.17 billion tons more carbon dioxide than it absorbed, according to a study published on Thursday by the Sao Paulo Research ...

By Shanna Hanbury As Brazilians head to the polls to vote in a runoff election, Amazon deforestation is also on the ballot. New data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) find ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors and advocates for Indigenous people are suing to force electoral authorities to help ...

Brazilian prosecutors and Indigenous organizations are pushing for transportation guarantees for Indigenous voters in ...

Lula’s administration has celebrated new oil discovery and exploration efforts, marking a difference from some regional ...

The Amazon holds at least a third of the world’s remaining tropical forests. Some sources put it at more like half. Its rains ...

Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have been set on purpose ...

Brazil investigates Amazon wildfires that disrupt daily life and have fueled political attacks - Brazilian authorities are ...

NASA satellite imagery reveals massive Amazon rainforest fires as El Niño-driven drought fuels dangerous conditions across Brazil.