By Tiago da Mota e Silva This is the second story in a special three-part series on microplastics in the Amazon. Read the ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest level in 13 years, according to new ...

The area of forest burned in the Amazon fell to its lowest level in 40 years in 2025, according to the annual report by Brazilian monitoring initiative MapBiomas. Around 3.

Forest destruction fell to 2,874sq km, an area slightly larger than Luxembourg, in the 12 months through July. Read more at ...

The amount of land burned in the world's largest rainforest was the smallest since MapBiomas records began in 1985.

In an incredible display of endurance, Bartłomiej Kubkowski undertook a monumental 160-kilometer swim from Sweden to Poland ...

Read the Portuguese version here. In the badlands of the southwestern Amazon, Antonia Barbosa is fighting to protect ancient archaeological finds from Brazil’s unstoppable $523 billion agribusiness ...

(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 ...

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat ...

SAO PAULO, July 7 (Reuters) - Fresh food offerings ⁠have ⁠helped boost demand for Amazon's new ⁠15-minute quick-delivery service in Brazil, prompting the company to increase its range of products for ...

Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc announced today, May 29th, at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Bonn, a commitment to create 4 new protected areas, 3 of them in the Brazilian ...