Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.

The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution ...

(Bloomberg) -- When the United Nations climate conference COP29 kicks off Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, attendees will be grappling with the reelection of former US President Donald Trump. Countries ...

They found that properties with secure land rights deforested less and were more likely to comply with Brazil's Forest Code, ...

First came the floods, then the fire. As he officially opened COP30, Brazil’s president, Lula Inacio da Silva said that by ...

This year’s U.N. climate negotiations were seen by activists as a letdown. But a Times reporter found some encouraging signs ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months through July compared to the same period a year prior, according to government data released on Wednesday -- the ...

Social media users concerned about climate change are claiming that amid COP30 in Belém, Brazil's Ministry of the Environment ...

Indigenous protesters at UN climate talks in Brazil have zeroed in on a major grievance: A planned railway that would stretch ...

As Brazil's government seeks to boost its environmental credentials by hosting the United Nations' climate summit, a proposal to build a railway through the Amazon has threatened to tarnish that image ...

BELEM, Brazil, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Brazil insisted on hosting this year's COP30 climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem ...