By André Schröder The BR-364 federal highway triggered one of the largest deforestation drives in the history of the ...

Brazil has announced a historic step to protect tropical forests. At a United Nations event in New York, President Luiz ...

Brazil, which is set to launch the new investment-driven fund for forest protection in Belém in November, wants other ...

This year’s U.N. climate conference, on the edge of the rainforest, is fueling criticism of the host nation and the entire process of global diplomacy on climate change.

Brazil's Amazon rainforest has shrunk by an area as big as Spain over four decades and is nearing a dangerous tipping point, ...

Mato Grosso Government (Brazil) and O.N.E. Amazon join forces to protect the Amazon through an innovative conservation finance model ...

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) proposed by Brazil is expected to be launched at COP30 and raise funds for ...

In Brazil’s southern Amazonian region, where the notorious “arc of deforestation” has been expanding since the 1970s, forest ...

(Bloomberg) -- 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 ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest ...

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Average tree size across the Amazon has increased by 3.2% every decade, consistent with a response to rising carbon dioxide ...