Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon forests has flipped from a decreasing to an increasing trend, according to new annual figures released yesterday by the country's space agency INPE. Brazil's ...

By Shanna Hanbury In Brazil’s general election on Oct. 4, incumbent leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finished ...

The world’s largest tropical rainforest that serves as a “critical counterweight to climate change” is under threat of ...

A general election in Brazil next month is widely seen as a choice between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro ...

With Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro tied in the polls, the upcoming election is expected to significantly shape the level of ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%. The loss of vegetation leads to an increase in surface temperature, a ...

July 15 (UPI) --The Amazon rainforest -- considered one of the world's most important climate regulators -- continues to face serious threats in 2025. New data show that pressure on the ecosystem has ...

This story was produced by Repórter Brasil and co-published with Grist. Diamond Green Diesel, or DGD, a U.S. leader in renewable diesel production, imports beef tallow from a supplier fed by Brazilian ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed the presence of Hepatitis B virus in wild New World primates in the Amazon. This alarming discovery points to a possible spillover from humans to these animals.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency ...