Few places on earth carry the weight that the Amazon does. It regulates rainfall across continents, stores centuries worth of ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says the government will invest $75 million to pave and improve a highway ...

Brazil’s government has announced a $75 million investment in the BR-319 highway, a move environmentalists fear could speed ...

The Amazon’s protected areas are “expensive to manage” because “many are vast” and “some are difficult to reach”, so a field ...

A Brazilian court has ruled that officials must restore and preserve Fordlandia. The city was established by Henry Ford nearly a century ago in the Amazon rainforest.

The Beef on Track certification is the first of its kind for Brazilian beef, according to Imaflora, the agriculture and ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell last year to its lowest level since 2019, according to a report published ...

Cultivated lawns, cleared cattle pastures and carefully groomed hair all reflect a shared cultural logic, according to a new book by UC Santa Barbara anthropology professor Jeffrey Hoelle.

Brazil will invest $75 million to pave a highway that cuts through the center of the Amazon rainforest. Environmentalists ...

MANAUS, Brazil — Months before hosting the U.N.’s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut President Luiz Inácio Lula da ...

According to two recently published studies led by scientists from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the ...

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 ...