By Philip M. Fearnside The continued failure to halt the BR-319 highway cutting through the Brazilian Amazon is an example of ...

The Amazon was approaching a "point of no return" of 20 to 25 percent vegetation loss at which it "ceases to sustain itself ...

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 ...

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

A group of 34 nations - among them forest-rich and donor countries - endorsed Brazil's rainforest fund set to be launched at ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday were deploying in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an ...

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Brazil’s Federal Police can trace whether gold came from an illegal mine in the Amazon rainforest, and investigators told ...