Brazil's Petrobras said Monday it has permission to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, casting a shadow over ...

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

Indigenous communities in Brazil's Xingu Indigenous Park are facing challenges due to increased farming and deforestation.

The vast tropical forest nations of Brazil and Indonesia are both home to millions of people, including Indigenous communities. They store enormous amounts of carbon to protect our climate and are ...

Illegal cattle ranching has devastated the territories of small farmers and Indigenous peoples in Pará, the state that will ...

Experience the Amazon Rainforest from above, where vibrant wildlife and dense green canopy stretch across Brazil’s vast ...

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in October and the number of blazes is up 25% in the first 10 months of 2020, compared to a year ago, data from government space research agency Inpe showed ...

Brazil's right-wing government will extend the military's deployment to fight destruction of the Amazon rainforest by five months through April 2021 from its previous November end date, Vice President ...

The Ecuadorian government is moving to criminalise dozens of those who fight to defend the Amazon forest from deforestation, ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers dry up. Scientists say the ...

The Amazon’s “tipping point” refers to the transition of the rainforest into a drier, savanna ecosystem. The rainforest’s ecological balance depends on the transport and recycling of moisture, but ...