In northern Brazil, a debate over cattle and conservation is unfolding on Bananal Island. Federal authorities have ordered ...

Brazilian officials have announced a significant drop in deforestation rates. Brazilian officials on Thursday thus pushed ...

Archaeologists working across three countries have identified networks of ancient settlements hidden beneath the Amazon ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Water levels in the Brazilian Amazon recovered in 2025 following two consecutive years of severe ...

A Stanford team used geospatial data and detection algorithms to achieve a tenfold increase in rescues from modern slavery in ...

SANTAREM, Brazil (Reuters) - Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, after ...

BRASILANDIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River on Tuesday as it aims to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from ...

Brazil cut deforestation in the Amazon to its lowest level since 2019 in 2025, with tougher environmental enforcement helping reduce forest loss even as five trees continued to be felled every ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler [( Satellite alerts suggest deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is continuing to fall, putting the ...

Brazil’s antitrust regulator suspended a key mechanism for rainforest protection, the Amazon Soy Moratorium, on Aug. 18, less than three months before the nation hosts the COP30 climate summit. The ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Residents of Brazil's Amazon are struggling to breathe as a wave of ...