A federal court in Brazil dismissed charges Tuesday against one of three men arrested for the killings of Indigenous peoples ...

sunlight hits the leaves in Mamirauá Ecological Reservation in Amazonas in Brazil in 2022. To figure out how to save the wetland forests of the Amazon, an ecologist from Brazil led a massive ...

It’s not just the environment that's vulnerable to growing regional criminal groups, an expert writes.

The delicate ecosystem in the Amazon rainforest is threatened by drought. A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has committed to paving the BR-319 road through the Amazon rainforest, despite warnings from environmentalists that it could accelerate deforestation. The ...

Much of western Brazil is under stress and the Amazon basin rivers are registering at historic lows. Boats have been stranded on sandbanks, with people forced to transport goods on foot.

MANACAPURU, Brazil, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Severe droughts across Brazil's Amazon rainforest region are drastically altering residents' lives as mobility is hampered by record-low levels on upper ...

In a visit to see the damage caused by drought and fire in the Amazon, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to pave a road that environmentalists and some in his own government say ...

The generals were backed by the elite, which had an interest in exploiting Brazil’s vast natural resources. Central to this vision was the Amazon Rainforest. They viewed it as a largely untamed ...

By mid-September, the Federal Police had already opened more than 50 investigations into criminal fires all over Brazil. Major Amazon rivers have reached the lowest levels in their histories ...