"Unprecedented." Researchers discover 'unsung heroes' protecting Amazon rainforest: 'The guards also cut off access' first ...

Human Rights Watch found a major international company could be sourcing cattle from ranches linked to deforestation.

Climate skeptics are targeting new research on the Amazon to downplay global warming's impact on rainforests as Brazil ...

JBS and the EU’s Exposure to Human Rights Violations and Illegal Deforestation in Pará, Brazil,” details how cattle ranchers ...

The vast tropical forest nations of Brazil and Indonesia are both home to millions of people, including Indigenous ...

FILE - A river borders an area that has been illegally deforested by land-grabbers and cattle farmers in an extractive reserve in Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 11, 2023. AGUA CLARA, Brazil ...

Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a ...

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.

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 will try to find a ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged to a 12-year high in 2020, official government data showed on Monday, with destruction soaring since President Jair Bolsonaro took office and ...

"We're not seeing signs of them dying off," one of the study's lead authors told NBC News. "They are increasing in size and ...

Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 6 ...