Brazilian courts have found that the Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon failed to meet environmental and social ...

Brazil recently passed a law to recognize açaí, a berry endemic to the Amazon, as a national fruit, citing concerns about ...

In rural communities living near Brazil’s Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon River that flows northward through the country, families of fishers take turns in guarding the entrances of oxbow lakes ...

According to the World Population Review, a few countries lead the world in terms of forest cover in 2026, not only because ...

Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting at a Cargill facility in Santarem, Brazil, against a decree signed in August by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

The Indigenous practice of agroforestry is enjoying a renaissance as the agricultural industry looks to decarbonise without ...

In the first 10 months of 2025, international tourism in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, grew by 40%. Most of those tourists ...

This travel guide explores ten spectacular destinations across Brazil, showcasing the country's immense geographical ...

Human expansion in the Amazon increases contact between cities and forests, raising the risk that diseases like yellow fever ...

The road to hell is paved. Whenever a dirt track in Brazil’s Amazon jungle is overlaid with asphalt, it takes little time for the emerald rainforest surrounding it to disappear in a suffocating plume ...

A group representing some of the world’s largest soybean traders is exiting a landmark deal created in Brazil to protect the Amazon rainforest against deforestation. Many of the trees cut down or ...

Five men are set to stand trial in Peru over the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Amazon defender BOGOTA, Colombia -- The trial ...