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Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office has signed a landmark agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink to limit the use of its ...
When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...
As Brazil prepares to host COP30, construction of a controversial highway through the Amazon rainforest has sparked criticism ...
While fishing in the Solimões region of the Brazilian Amazon, a local resident spotted a fallen tree — and made an ...
Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy ...
Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River on Tuesday as it aims to expand ...
Brazil deployed two C-130 Hercules aircraft to douse fires devouring parts of the Amazon rainforest, as hundreds of new blazes ignited and a growing global outcry over the blazes sparked protests.
A new study shows that conserving 350 million hectares (865 million acres) of the Brazilian Amazon — 83% of the biome — would cost between $1.7 billion and $2.8 billion a year.
The Brazilian government has presented a new official goal for fighting deforestation in the Amazon – a first for the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro. But critics say it’s hardly ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — After four years of rising destruction in Brazil’s Amazon, deforestation dropped by 33.6% during the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s term ...
As the Amazon rainforest in Brazil burns, it seems as if everyone is in search of someone to blame. Well over 100,000 fires have been detected this year, but who or what is responsible?
Afuá, a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon, banned motor vehicles over 20 years ago. Writer Mac Margolis and photographer Stefan Kolumban paid the town a visit to see what life is like.