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 ...

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

Robson Mura, of the Mura Indigenous community, watches the sunrise at the Moyray village in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) LAGO DO ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged ...

Drought affects grain exports and essential supplies in Manaus Sixty-two municipalities in Amazonas state under emergency, over half a million affected Hydropower plants sapped, daylight saving time ...

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.

In Brazil’s Amazon, people are trapped in a vicious cycle in which deforestation begets poverty, and poverty begets deforestation. Already, more than a fifth of the country’s rainforest has vanished.

Brazil’s BR-319 highway project is moving inexorably forward toward approval and construction, with the individual actors in the different government agencies acting to fulfill their assigned duties ...

Brazil has committed to dredge major Amazon rivers in response to record drought that has lowered water levels and made ship passage, a key transportation lifeline, difficult or impossible. The ...

UNESCO has added two theaters in the Brazilian Amazon to its World Heritage List. The Amazonia Theaters include Theatro da ...

As world leaders conclude the United Nations’ annual climate talks in Belém, Brazil— a summit meant to accelerate global action on phasing out fossil fuels—the Brazilian government is facing mounting ...